Woman who was offered every job she applied for reveals her secret to interview success

• Kendal Lindstrom, 25, Discussed the Secret to a Good Interview in a TikTok Video
• She submitted an essay to Business Insider this year explaining her advice.
• Lindstrom recommends a candidate ask five specific questions

A woman who owns a consulting firm aimed at helping workers change careers briefly explained the secret to a successful job interview.

Kendal Lindstrom, 25, submitted an essay to Business Insider earlier this year after posting a viral TikTok video about her advice on March 11.

According to Lindstrom, she was always able to land a job she interviewed for.

Her best tip for impressing in interviews, which she briefly explained in her video and essay, is to be prepared to ask five specific questions of the employee conducting the interview.

“The questions I prepare to ask the interview panel after my interview are what sets me apart and keeps me memorable,” she said in her video.

Lindstrom, who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, founded Doux in October 2023.

She described Doux on her LinkedIn as “a career change management consulting firm with the development of personal job portfolios and advice for entering new, otherwise inaccessible markets.”

Lindstrom explained in her essay that she started Soft because she didn’t like being put in a box when it came to her career.

She originally wanted to be known as “the fashion girl” after graduating from college, which ended up not being the case.

While working in fashion, she also held positions in medical sales and as a technology consultant.

Lindstrom followed a formula before applying for her job – writing a resume based on career choice – not previous job.

She advises her clients to contact their hiring manager and that when it comes to an interview, “it’s about follow-up.”

Lindstrom intentionally strived to do her job well while working as a technology consultant.

She explained in her essay that it is primarily about how one presents oneself professionally rather than the answers one gives to the questions asked.

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According to the founder of the consulting firm, she possessed the dynamism that the company was looking for in a candidate.

Lindstrom would spend 30 minutes reading a training book her company gave her after each work day and try to apply what she learned.

She then found time to go see her boss the next day and tell him: “This is what I learned yesterday. Tell me how you’ve seen this applied in scenarios with a client.

Her hard work over the years in all her career choices has led her to participate in 10 or 11 interviews.

Lindstrom added that she believed she was never offered a job after her interview because her goal was to make an employer feel like she had his best interests at heart and wanted to be a part of his company.

The questions she always asked an employer after her interview may have also pointed her in the right direction in the mind of a superior in a workplace.

According to her, one of the decisive questions she always asks during a job interview is: “What is the company culture like and what do you do to actively maintain a positive environment?” »

Lindstrom’s essay said she wanted her audience to know that the question is important because it is part of what makes a person love their job.

She believes that employees who accept a job that makes them unhappy will set themselves up for failure.

Once a candidate has a feel for the work culture, they can move on and ask, “What did the person in this position before me do that was appreciated but not required based on the job description.”

Lindstrom suggested this question so applicants can imagine themselves working in the position they applied for.

She’s used the “presumptive sales tactic” more than once and she even changed it once and asked her employer, “What are you going to miss most about this person?”

This interviewer told Lindstrom that her former employee always bought Starbucks for co-workers, to which she responded, “Great, I guess we’ll have Starbucks for the office all the time.”

This answer may have helped her get an idea of ​​what the team would be like, which partly deals with work culture and the third question: “How can I best meet the needs of my direct counterparts?

Lindstrom revealed in his essay that the question came from a desire to understand the team of colleagues who could become co-workers.

This fact would help to understand and identify the best way to integrate into the team.

Lindstrom admitted that she has seen unhappy teams in a workplace before.

However, she added that no one really knows what that looks like until their first day on the job, and if it’s not good, they’ll have to decide whether to leave or stay in their job until they find another one.

Relationships could impact a team’s success, which could be a partial reason why Lindstrom would ask “what is the current state of this department and how is it performing relative to the bottom line.”

This question, which she believes is about sales, also led her to ask questions like: “Am I heading into a failing department” or “Do you expect me to simply taking responsibility for something that is already failing.”

This could impact the company’s future, and before the interview ends, Lindstrom suggests the candidate asks, “What is the company’s three-year, five-year, and 10-year plan.”

The CEO of Doux admitted in her essay that she loved that last question because she had never found a job and thought, “I’ll only be here for a year” or “I’m only doing this to collect a paycheck. ‘

Although these are his top 5 questions, Lindstrom clarified that all one needs or has time to do is ask one.

She reviewed comments on her TikTok video from users who wrote that it was “too many questions” and one person even called it “high maintenance.”

Lindstrom wrote in his comments section that asking just one of these questions would leave an interviewer “blown away.”

The questions are based on Lindstrom’s personal opinions, but she hopes others will follow her advice to succeed in job interviews.