OK, so I had my first Flight Attendant interview for quite some time after leaving the industry a couple of years ago ...
The interview today went very well ... except for the enevitable question; "what can you offer us that no-one else can?". Of course having had experience with F/A interviews in the past I had an awesome, well-rehearsed and very genuine answer planned ... however the (lovely) recruiter threw me for a six, as he asked it just after the interview had wrapped up (i.e. when I was feeling quietly confident and the adrenaline had subsided) ... my well rehearsed genuine answer was no-where to be found in that head of mine
... sadly I drew a complete BLANK ... I think I may have even stuttered! And, I never stutter - lol. I fear I may have committed interview suicide by pulling the biggest no-no in the book; listing a whole bunch of positive adjectives about myself with nothing to back them up. I.e. *cringes* "I am enthusiastic, out-going, hard-working, professional, positive and am a team player. I can work alone or with others *cringes* ... bla bla bla
". All true facts, but they mean nothing to a recruiter who doesn't know you and sounds utterly shocking compared to my genuine well-rehearsed self-composed answer (that escaped me) ...
I am thoroughly embarrassed ... as the rest of the interview I felt I did well in/on.
So my question is ...
what are silly mistakes that you've all made at interviews ... and what do most of you use as your answer to the above question ...
Look forward to hearing your thoughts/stories ...
GKG