A woman has branded herself a “genius” after revealing the one question she says led to “the best interview of my life.”
Liz Miller, who is featured on TikTok by The Tech Sales Gal, was undeterred after losing her job in the spate of tech layoffs earlier this year — and landed 11 interviews with eight companies in two weeks, according to one of her posts.
The Boston-based tech salesperson stated she had a sort of “genius” during a meeting when she responded to the standard interview prompt of “tell me about yourself.”
Normally, Liz explained, she went through each company on her resume “one by one,” but this time she decided to mix it up and asked her interviewer what he “would be most interested in learning more about me.” to come’. ‘
Liz Miller, who goes by The Tech Sales Gal on TikTok, shared a “genius” strategy she tried during a job interview: asking her interviewer what he “would be most interested in learning more about me.”
She wasn’t deterred after losing her job to the spate of tech layoffs earlier this year — and within two weeks, she’d landed 11 interviews with eight companies, according to one of her posts.
The approach proved effective, with her interviewer admitting he was particularly excited about her “experience selling software development tools.”
“Normally I start with an introduction,” she explained. And I’m like, “Hi, I’m Liz. I was born and raised in Southern California. I moved to Boston seven years ago, broke into tech sales five years ago.”
“And then I go through each company on my resume one by one. And because I’ve changed jobs a lot, I feel like it opens the door to conversations I don’t want to have.
“So I did something new today. And I said, “I’m happy to share a little bit about myself during this interview. However, I’d like to know what you’re most interested in learning about me,”‘ – reasoning that ‘it really varies from person to person and company to company.’
Continuing to recount the exchange, she added that she said, “And since we only have 30 minutes, I want to make sure I tell you what’s most important to you.”
The approach proved effective, with her interviewer admitting he was particularly excited about her “experience selling software development tools.”
Liz then proceeded to steer the conversation to the most relevant points of her professional background.
“And then I never talked about the ugly points in my career or was even questioned about them because we had such a rich conversation about what he wanted to talk about,” she gushed about her new strategy.
She concluded, “I honestly think I’m a bloody genius. I’m a bloody genius.’
Commentators — including self-proclaimed recruiters, a hiring manager, and even a job seeker — praised the idea
Viewers piled into the comments section to praise the idea.
“I’m not going to lie, my mouth fell open. That’s a great way to say that. I would hire you right away,” said one impressed commenter.
“That response also quietly highlighted your sales skills — like you said, exactly how you’d talk to a prospect for a demo!” someone else observed.
‘I love this! Interviews should be more conversations anyway, we interview them too,’ someone else applauded.
“You’re a genius and I hope they hire you!” cheered someone else.
One even claimed to have already put the advice into practice, writing, “I did this today!!!! The interviewer was so appreciative that I worried about what she really wanted to know. THANK YOU.’
Liz even received direct praise from several self-proclaimed recruiters and a hiring manager, one of whom wrote, “I love this. Also, as a recruiter, I would prefer to structure my interviews this way so that we spend time chatting about what really matters versus a history lesson.”
Another echoed, “As a recruiter, I love that. It implies that you are actually engaged, and not robotically. I prefer it to be an open convo. Good idea!’
And, as a third said, “Going through every job is boring as a hiring manager. I want to hear what people are excited about for the role. Great approach.’