By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
How do you answer a question where they want you to rate your skill on a scale when asked in an interview?
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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. I’m a coach who helps people throughout their job search, hiring more effectively, managing and leading . . . you know, workplace-related issues. Here’s one of those fun tough interview questions that could be framed one of two ways. Let me give you both versions of the question. The one I used in the title is, “How would you rate your abilities on a scale of one to ten?“. Pretty straight forward question. Ten is the best in the world, one is, well, you can figure it out. Here’s the variation on that same question but with one extra thing in there. You can’t use the number eight. Got that one?. Rate yourself and your abilities on a scale of one to ten. Ten is best in the world. You can’t use the number eight.
Why would someone do that?. Simple. Most people default the number eight. You see, the way the question works is not the question itself but the follow up to it. So, for example, in the first iteration of this you might say, “I’d say eight and a half, maybe nine”. “Why would you choose that number?”. “Well I’m not the best in the world. I know I’m extremely good and I haven’t met more than a hundred people who do what I do. So, from those people, I can see I rank very highly. But we’re talking about throughout the world, so I’m going to take it down a little bit and say eight and a half, maybe nine”. Do you see how you’re going with this?. The follow up is designed to get you to explain what would make you with a certain nine. What would make you a seven. That, they may probe. What’s the difference between those rankings and your ability to soar through your background confidently without giving up some secret about your experience becomes important here.
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Now, when you can’t use the number eight, pause for a second, go, “Ohhhhh,” and you sigh because that signals you would have chosen eight. That’s okay. “Well, if I can’t choose an eight, I’m going to choose a nine”. Well, why would you do that?. “Because I’m definitely not a seven. Sevens are . . . ” and you start going into deprecating remarks about someone who’s not quality. 9, that fits me much closer than a 7 ever would. And that’s what you’re doing is not just simply answering the question, you’re demonstrating confidence in yourself and that’s another piece of this. This question could be asked of anyone in their job search. The tricky one is the 8 question because, like I said, people default on that. Don’t fall for it and chooses 7. False humility just indicates lack of confidence to them.
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