First Impressions and Nonverbal Communication

What is NOT a good thing to do when interviewing

• Bring up your personal life option

• research your interviewer

• Be alert

• Have a lot of energy

What was a key point on our presentation?

• Being lazy makes your interviewer hate you

• Constant eyecontact will get you the job 73% of the time

• Mixed signals between verbal and nonverbal communication are bad

• If you slouch then they will think you have no work ethic

Interviewers get the best impression based on your...

• verbal communication

• nonverbal communication

Good ways to non verbally communicate...

• Posture

• Volume

• Body movement

• high energy

Good first impressions must have...

• Look at your interviewer. Constantly

• Being yourself ;)

• HIGH ENERGY

• being super present

The best of the best first impressions...

• Look good thats all anyone cares about

• Show extra effort in every area of the interview both before and after

• Be there super early and super late, maybe even after closing

• Be extremely energetic, ask questions until you're asked to leave