Landing a job interview is already a great step. But to transform the test, it is better to put all the chances on your side. Here is some extremely effective advice, given by a professional coaching expert, which could well tip the scales in your favor!
According to the 2025 edition of France Travail’s annual barometer, with Credoc, hiring intentions are expected to fall by 12.5% this year, to fall to 2.4 million. In this tense context, getting a job interview is already a victory. But you still have to not spoil it. Because today more than ever, an error, even a subtle one, can be costly. Among the traps to avoid, there is one that we don’t always think about…
When it comes to job interviews, there is plenty of advice, but how do you sort it out? Fortunately, some professionals stand out for the quality and clarity of their recommendations. This is the case of Career Kuenn, a career development expert with a large following on social networks. She does not hesitate to share her most valuable tips to help candidates refine their CV and shine in interviews.
In an interview for KonbiniCareer Kuenn has thus provided crucial advice to put all the chances on your side in succeeding in a job interview. According to the career coach, you should never start an interview with overly negative remarks about your past experiences. She calls it “The Complaint“, a recurring attitude among candidates that she describes as follows: “That is to say, you start with rather negative comments: ‘my manager was very bad’, ‘I didn’t have teleworking’, ‘I was bored…’“
Even if these feelings are legitimate, they give a bad first impression. “What interests the recruiter is not what you no longer want, but what you want and it’s difficult to guess“, explains Career Kuenn. The idea is not to lie or sugarcoat, but to know how to formulate things with intelligence and projection. As the coach reminds us, “It’s not that you don’t have the right to say it.“, but you have to know how to transform it into a positive perspective.
Rather than dwelling on a bad memory, it is better to explain what you are looking for from now on: “If your manager was a little toxic, what matters is to say: ‘today, I really want to join a type of management or supervision which is based on trust, which stimulates me and which challenges me, which invites me to exceed certain objectives.'” So don’t just talk about what you’re leaving behind, but above all about what you want to move towards. It’s this constructive posture that makes all the difference!
