We will work with you to give you insight on the people with whom you will interviewing and their expectations.

We will also let you the structure of the interview and the timeframe.  Knowing the expected timeframe will allow you to manage your energy flow, following the techniques described below. Advance knowledge of the sequence of events will reduce the stress and the energy drain.

Review Your Work History – Re-read your resume to organize your thoughts and come up with additional examples that illustrate your accomplishments. Develop a brief statement that summarizes those accomplishments and describes your value to the company – this answers the "tell me about yourself" question. Anticipate the other questions you will be asked and prepare answers ahead of time. Consider actually writing out your answers, or rehearsing them out loud with a friend (or with a tape recorder), not to memorize the answers, but to engage several of your senses in the process of remembering.

This preparation helps you respond to questions more quickly and easily. Brain scans show that introverts actually use different neurological pathways for information processing than extroverts use, thus accounting for their slower processing time. It's almost as if the information is in long-term storage, and it takes time to rummage through it to find what you're looking for, which is why it's so hard to think on your feet. If you do the rummaging in advance by reviewing your own history, you move the information into short-term memory, where it's more readily accessible. By planning your answers ahead of time, you won't have to "wing it."