How good are your listening skills? If you’re in the market for a new opportunity, good listening skills are very important.
How can you tell you are not listening well? Here are some clues:
You start answering a question before the person asking it is finished.
You are focusing more on your response than on the interviewer’s question.
You are trying to give the answer you think the interviewer wants to hear.
You are thinking about what is going to happen next as the interviewer is talking.
You’re not asking questions. If you’re not asking questions, you’re doing more talking than listening.
This week practice listening by taking the time to ask good questions and clarify what you might have missed.
