{"id":101,"date":"2017-10-01T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T17:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2017-10-01T17:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T17:02:09","slug":"best-job-interview-lessons-learned-stand-comedians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/best-job-interview-lessons-learned-stand-comedians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Job Interview lessons learned from Stand up Comedians"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cStanding in front of a roomful of strangers and to make them laugh is even scarier than sitting across a hiring manager\u201d says an expert who has experience of both. As most of us \u00a0in some time of our life have witnessed comedy shows, these comedy-inspired tips to set the stage for a great interview can be of \u00a0great rescue when you are feeling flustered in front of your interviewer:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Confidence and Enthusiasm are Contagious:\u00a0<\/b>One of my first comedy lessons is that we (audience) \u00a0pick up on Comedians energy. When they walk onto the stage with a confident, relaxed stride and deliver punchlines with an exclamation point instead of a question mark, we \u00a0laugh more. Showing confidence makes it a lot easier to \u201csell\u201d the jokes to the audience. The same goes for selling your skills to a hiring manager. Make sure you project self-assurance from the very beginning by greeting the interviewer with a big smile and a firm handshake. Then, convey confidence and enthusiasm as you answer questions and talk about your skills. Being timid, modest, or unsure doesn\u2019t get comedians many laughs\u2014and it won\u2019t get you many job offers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. \u00a0<\/span>Look Effortless:\u00a0<\/b>The best stand-up comics make their performance look effortless, as if they’re coming up with these witty one-liners off the top of their heads. But comedians actually spend a lot of time preparing before they hit the stage. They think carefully about their joke wording and order and they practice their delivery before presenting their material to the audience. Once you’ve crafted your responses, spend some time \u201crehearsing\u201d your answers. You can stand in front of a mirror, or better yet, grab a friend, have her run through a mock interview with you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Recover from your mistakes gracefully:\u00a0<\/b>Comedy veterans have learned how to recover gracefully . Depending on the situation, they\u2019ll either plow ahead or make a joke about the mistake\u2014and sometimes that\u2019s what gets a huge laugh!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Even if you’ve practiced for your interview, remember that anyone can make a mistake while answering. Just quickly move on to the point you actually intended to make. Mistakes are easily forgotten, but a smooth recovery can make you memorable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        \u201cStanding in front of a roomful of strangers and to make them laugh is even scarier than sitting across a hiring manager\u201d says an expert who has experience of both. As most of us \u00a0in some time of our life have witnessed comedy shows, these comedy-inspired tips to set the stage for a great interview […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[12,4],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-job-interview","category-preparation","tag-conversation","tag-preparation","grid-item","grid-item-landscape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icomputinglabs.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}