Starting an interview with this question will force an interviewer to focus on your strengths

"Pre-suasion" and "Influence" author Robert Cialdini came by Business Insider to talk about using the tactics of "pre-suasion" to help your career. Here he tells us a simple job interview technique that will get the interviewers to instantly focus on your positive traits.

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[MikeTallon]

if you use mirroring and ask in a genuine way i could imagine this having a tremendous impact

[JamesSmith-kvjs]

I will try this in an upcoming interview. I'll let you know if I get the job.

[phillimbacher]

To me, this question seems arrogant.  I can hear an immediate rejoinder from an interviewer, "Well, we can talk about that later; we're here now to ask YOU the questions."

[darksunrise]

It mostly depends on the interviewee and their personality which most of the time is positive

[joshstonko]

It depends on the size of the company. I interview people for bank manager roles based off of the people the recruiter sends me. I've literally gone into interviews on busy days without having actually looked at the resume until I'm in the meeting. This could be really good advice or really bad advice haha.

[jessedameron]

This guy does rigorous scientific testing for years before releasing his ideas. They don't always sound good in theory, but they work when I test them. His ideas from another book landed me tens of thousands of dollars in my business.