Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter explains the music of answering interview questions and why it’s important to end on a down note.
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Let me talk with you today about one of those things that people do in interviews goes past the point of being annoying to being harmful to your candidacy. Let me illustrate why.
I’m speaking with someone yesterday and asking them a question. Every time they answered the question for me, Instead of ending a sentence in a downtown,they would answer it with an up tone (Listen to the audio to understand what I mean). So I would ask them a question (up tone) and he would always answer in an up. If you listen to the audio. You’ll hear me illustrated a few times.
The impact of this is that employers when they interview someone and they ended and up find it harder to be convinced by the person they are interviewing because you just sound more uncertain and unsure. This air of uncertainty that you create by ending your phrases and sentences with an up tone makes you sound like you are unsure.
So, always end with a down tone on the last word. If you have the habit of ending with an up tone, it is something to work on. After all, the impact of this can be very expensive for you in lost salary and in lost opportunities. After all, you just don’t sound convincing as to what you believe when they ask you something.
Again, go for a down tone instead of an up.
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