Master small talk in interviews

- Your interview starts before the interviewer is sitting in front of you asking, tell me about yourself. So when do you think it starts? When you shake their hand and say hello? When you enter the lobby or a virtual waiting room? What do you think? Well, it actually starts with your first interaction with the employer. That's right. It starts when you arrange the first interview. You've probably heard that it takes just a few seconds for us to make a snap decision on whether we like someone or not. So what happens in the first few moments of you meeting the interviewer, which typically is small talk, is as crucial as the interview itself. Here's what I'd like you to do. First answer, "How are you?" strategically to position yourself as someone who's done their research and is interested in this specific role? I don't respond, "Great. And how are you?" Instead, I like to offer some information that can help shape the conversation further, like my enthusiasm for the meeting or a recent…