A job interview is a unique event that combines both captain obvious and utter mystery. While every job seeker knows they have to show their best, it’s still largely unclear what each position really needs and what the company is looking for. No wonder so many job interviews feel like a lottery, unless you really screw up. In that case, the game is over.
But Runa Jiang, career coach and TikToker who often shares useful job tips on her account, explained how our understanding about what job interviews are for couldn’t be further from the truth. “Did you really think that the companies try to hire the best, most qualified candidates?” Jiang asks in one of her videos. Duh! Of course we do!
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“Well, they don’t,” Jiang states, debunking everything we thought we knew about job interviews and sending a wave of disbelief on the internet before adding: “and I can let you know why.”
Scroll down for her eye-opening explanation of what recruiters are really looking for in candidates, and it may well change your tactics for the next interview.
The career coach and TikToker Runa Jiang claims that companies don’t actually need the best candidates, sending shockwaves online, but rather they look for people who are the least risky
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This illuminating video Jiang recently shared on her TikTok
@rulewithruna What interviews are really about: Part 1 #careertips #interviewtip #careertiktok #careeradvice #careercoach #jobtips #interviewquestions #careertok #interview #jobtok #interviewtok ♬ original sound – Runa | Career & Smallbiz Tips
In part 2 of the video series, Jiang explained who looks for and hires the best candidates
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Image credits: rulewithruna
Here is the full video of part 2
@rulewithruna Continued from @rulewithruna
Part 1 
And this is what people had to comment about Jiang’s point
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