Soft Skills - Ask a Wharton MBA
Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
When practicing mock interviews, it’s important to ask specific questions after the interview to get the feedback that you need to improve. Here are some sample feedback questions to ask. This set of questions assumes that before the mock interview, you briefed your friend on the details of the job you are applying. ...
It’s amazing how much children (like my 21 months old) can repeatedly do things so they can learn a new skill, like how to build a puzzle. There is no hesitation or judgment – just pure focus on repeating an action until she gets it right and sheer drive to learn more everyday.
Developing your job search skills (e.g. interviewing skills) also need this kind of practice, focus and drive, but often times as an adult, we judge too quickly on how we are doing while we learn. A simple concept of practice makes perfect is often not executed because of constant self-criticism. To build your interviewing skills, for example, there are many ways you can practice. How many of these are you doing? ...