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You may remember at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Taylor
Swift received the prestigious award for Best Female Video. In case you live
under a rock, I’ll give you the synopsis. Four seconds into Taylor’s speech,
Kanye West rudely interrupted by explaining that he was happy for Taylor, and
would let her finish, but Beyonce Knowles deserved this award……What!?!
Now, you may question why I’m referencing something so
outdated and frankly overly mentioned. Well, Kanye received much deserved
negative scrutiny. In our culture, interruption is perceived as disrespectful
and inconsiderate for the other party. As an interviewer, I’m interrupted more
than you may imagine.
If we know that interrupting is so rude, why do we do it? Especially
during something as important as an interview? Although I’m no psychologist,
I’ve determined why someone would interrupt through my careful analysis:
1)
Wanting to relate to the interviewer’s topic
2)
Being passionate about the subject being
discussed
3)
Not wanting to forget about what you are
thinking
4)
Not being aware that one is, in fact,
interrupting
5)
Wanting to get a point across
Earlier when I stated that Kanye rudely interrupted Taylor,
that was a bit redundant. Interruptions are rude. We have to be more aware of
this especially in an interview. An interviewer wants to know that you are
passionate and have skill sets that are applicable. We want you to get your
point across. You can execute all of these things without interrupting. Challenge yourself to stay quiet and bring a
notebook to mark down what you are thinking so you can express when the time is
appropriate.
Written by daja.pope@mattressfirm.com
I have this problem, and I have been working on this issue for quite some time. In fact, when going to an interview, I bring a questionnaire that states at the very top, DO NOT INTERRUPT!!! I'm going up for an interview with Mattress Firm next week, so wish me luck!
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