How to ACE AN INTERVIEW

Have you had more than a few job switches? A varied work history doesn’t have to be a disadvantage, says Jodi Glickman, CEO and founder of Great on the Job. A self-professed “perennial career-switcher,” she worked everywhere from the Peace Corps to ExxonMobil before launching her corporate-training and leadership-development classes. “[In interviews], I had to talk about what I wanted to do next and why I was the absolute right person to do it,” she says. “Every single conversation, you’re gonna lead with your punchline. You’re going to start with your destination, you’re going to look forward: Where are you going next? What are you excited about? Then you go to your backstory and connect the dots. And the beauty of this strategy is that you don’t have to memorize anything—you don’t have to know your 30second pitch.”