How To Succeed In Job Interviews In Norway

How to succeed in a Job Into You in Norway

Keep watching, then you will get some real good advices, and at the end of this video, you will get the real inside tip

to really get into Job Into You number two. Okay guys, are you ready

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But okay, so today we're going to talk about a job interview situation in Norway, as you can see here

Or you made a profession. Yes. This is a Norwegian workplace. This video is about job interview number one

You have applied for some work in Norway and you have been called to a work, you have been called

to your first job interview. And you're nervous because you don't know Norwegians

Yeah, of course and you're not sure do they speak English, do they speak Norwegian

what are the rules, how to do it. So, and I mean, it's not easy to be called for a job interview in Norway

So if you are in this situation, you are really, really lucky

And that, but Norway isn't the most easiest place to, to succeed in your first job into you, that first meeting with your potential new employee

So you have to meet the participants. Hello. Hi, this is Berit

She is HR manager. Cute. Cute, absolutely. This is Lars. Not where

He is leader of technical department. And then we have brought Oda

She is a project assistant. Oh, she's a wild card. Absolutely. And you will probably always meet at least two persons, sometimes three

And there's a reason for this group. And it's not easy for you to detect why are there so many and all that stuff

I will explain for you. Let's say that this is you. It's a hipster guy applying for work in Norway

He's maybe from the States or maybe from... Nice bear. Yeah, you can see it

He's a hipster. Oh, he's cool. He is cool, absolutely cool. And he has, as many of you guys would probably do, he has dressed up

You can see he has, it's really nice clothes suit, kind of

Really, really nice. He wants to make a good impression. Okay. The first thing he..

What's his name? It could be... I don't know. Rob. Okay, it could be Rob, okay

And Rob dressed up, ready for his first interview, ready to make an impression

knocks on the door and walks in. And actually, by Rob just walking in this room

and these people seeing him and the dress... And the way he is dressed makes everyone think here that, okay, he is not our guy

So just by dressing too formal, dressed up in a suit or something, for most Norwegian works, it doesn't work

So actually, if you do... Why? No, because we are informal, we are casual

We really don't dress up too much. So if you dress like Rob here then all the participants in the job interview will think no Rob he won fit our workplace They will be like this Oh what do we think about him Yeah no And she will answer He was too formal

Yeah, yeah. So Rob, he has to dress neutral, casual, informal, and be just like an ordinary guy

Okay? Nice suits. Yeah, casual clothes. What kind of clothes? No, he has to blend in

You have to be fresh and clean and all. that but you cannot wear a suit. Okay. And then Rob in his casual clothes enter and he has

hello to Lars, hello Lars, and he says hello to bear it, hello, bear it, and he says hello to

Oda, and then he sits down and they start into you. Okay. Should they do the handshake

Yeah, absolutely and they will greet you. So you always do a hand shake. So you always do a hand shake. You never hug or anything, it's a formal handshake

You guys sit down. And then maybe Rob, there are three persons and he has been listening to, okay, she's leader

of HR, he's leader of technical department, and she's, maybe he thinks only a project assistant

And Rob is applying for some technical things. So then maybe you guys or Rob start talking

and looking at the lash, because you are applying a work that is relevant for him

Well, then you have also made a huge mistake. Yes, because if you are not recognizing all of the people in the room

and if you are not looking at them in their eyes really signaling, I see you and I see you and I see you

If you don't do that, if they get a feeling you are only looking at Lash because you are actually applying for work

He's the most important. Well, in Norway, he isn't. And guys, before we continue, how is a typical job seeking interview in your country

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You know, guys, we love it. Then they start talking. and Rob here, he has most eye contact with Lars

If that happens, then you have actually, they will all three of them think you don't fit in here

Would they say it? No, they won't say it to your face

They will sit like this, actually. Yeah, of course, they are polite. They will continue

It's really, really, really, this is really a big issue. Because each of these participants are really important

Okay, so Rob walks out, full of self-esteem. He had a good chat with the most important person

At a cafe, he places his phone at the table, thinking it will only be minutes before they call him, offering him the job

And he waits. Yeah, and the call won't come. Why? Because he didn't speak to that

What was her name again? It's Berrit that is the boss in this day, because she has the last call

And Oda is here because she will work with, if Rob gets the work

Rob will work most with Oda. And if Rob hasn't talked to Oda and has ignored Oda, well, then..

Oh, that doesn't want to work with that. No, and then you're out

You will not, you will almost not hear anything again from them

Okay and then we are in the interview and what happens Well I think Rob let say he from the States and then he thinks oh I have to make a good impression

I have to brag a little bit of my achievements. Of course

Yeah, I mean, you have to, you think, oh, I have to be outstanding, they have to notice me

You have to. Yeah, and Rob, he goes, okay, I was champion

in this and this and you know no I'm the best in my class from the school I'm the best I did that no one does that as good as me if you start bragging in this job into you then again you're out they want but will you notice it no no yeah well maybe you will notice it because they start to look other places or they will start to look at each other

So that's a warning. Ah, warning. If their eyes suddenly goes up there or down there or something

while you are talking how good you are and so on, then that situation means that you have lost out

This is a really bad situation. Because in Norway you cannot brag

And listen, listen carefully. You are in the number one job into you or in the first job into you

because you sent mailed them a CV. And from the Norwegian point of view

then we know your skills, and that's the reason you are in this interview

But we don't want to hear anything more about it because we have read through your CV

So many codecs. Very much codecs. And what are those codecs in your country

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Subscribe and push the bell. So what happens to Rob? He sits and feels like he has a been..

Achieved something? But he will not hear the call again. Really? If he bragged, then he's really, really out

So the clue here, is to have done research, you know which company you are applying for, you know what they do

you know their newest cases, you have researched their social media accounts, and you know who their

competitors are. So instead of bragging about yourself, you should brag about the company

and then you shall ask questions, yeah, what kind of skills are you looking for

How is your teamwork? What do you do? You have to be in

interested and curious about them. But of course there are some really good inside tips here

Cheats. Yeah, not cheats, but be ready for it. First of all, you need that conversation started

to get everyone feeling well. So I would recommend you to go to their social media account

Look for, do they have any, does it seems like they have athletic groups like, yeah

training or running jogging around you will see if they have picture of it

anything write them down and in that job interview here ask about it ask about

how is the work culture outside work do we hang together do we have yeah do we have some training or fitness thing together do we jog

or whatever and like yeah saw some pictures and then they will think oh

Rob is interested in our work, in our culture. So you should lie and say you're interested in ping-pong

But lying my god I mean it a white lie And hopefully you are interested in jogging or whatever they do And then talk about that Ask about that because that really important Because in Norway we are really occupied with life work balancing

You cannot come here and say, okay, I'm new, I'm willing to work for like 12 hours a day

Because they will be like, no, in Norway you don't work 12 hours a day

12 hours? hours? We work 30 hours a week. Yeah, 37 hours. Yeah, so you can't do that. Be more interested in what happens outside work. What do we do? Do we have parties? Do we do something together? Now we are soon wrapping up. And here are some really, really inside tips. First of all, the main goal in Norway with Job Interview Number 1. It's not how much will I

earn, how much will I work, and all of that. It's not. This is a meeting about chemistry

And that's the most important issue in this first, your first job into you in Norway

Chemistry, chemistry, chemistry. That's why this group is here. Now they want to know, Rob

if you can fit into the group and into the main job culture in this company

Like having learned together. Absolutely. Port are your interests, what kind of music do you like, blah blah blah blah blah

This stuff, job into you number one is not about how much will I earn, it's about chemistry

And this is the best tip I can give you. If you make everyone laugh, both Oda, Berritt and Lars, if you make them smile and laugh

I can almost guarantee you that you will get the call. job interview number two. And in that second job interview, of course you can talk about

payment and everything and work days and so on. But number one is chemistry. Are you with us

You have to make jokes about yourself or you can almost make a joke about you or your culture

I can pretend to be Rob. Oh, on my way here. I actually, yeah, I was going here to us

but I jumped on the train to Bode so actually I've been two nights in Bode before I found a ride plane

Yeah, that's it. And then the whole group is laughing and if you have that feeling in the end of your first job into your number one job into you in Norway

Then I can almost guarantee you that they will call you. Okay

So Rob, leave the interview, go to the cafe, sit down, what happens

If he made them laugh, if he talked about life outside work, made everyone comfortable

they will call him back and then he will be able to go into interview number two

Okay, Rob, he made it to number two into you. But I think we guys have a wrap-up for the first interview

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