Oct 5, 2026 · 28 min · 13 segments
Your MSL interview presentation reveals more than your scientific knowledge. It shows hiring managers how you communicate, handle pressure and build relationships. In this episode of \*\*The…
Geeta SolankiGuestMichael PietrackHost
And it shows how it is that you can actually flow through a conversation and make it relevant to someone.
So the art of storytelling is really important and understanding why would this matter? So again, that's where practicing out loud matters.
That's where trying to practice with anyone else matters is because you're walking through this and saying, Does this, you know, how would somebody react to it? If I was listening to it, why would it matter to me? Why do I care about some of these key components of this? How did I grasp, you know, the attention of my audience through it? So the art of that storytelling is really important.
And that goes back to the skills we talked about of making sure that you pause, you bring your audience in.
If you feel like you're losing them, you've got to stop and see if they're still with you in the chapters that you're working through.
And it shows how it is that you can actually flow through a conversation and make it relevant to someone.
So the art of storytelling is really important and understanding why would this matter? So again, that's where practicing out loud matters.
That's where trying to practice with anyone else matters is because you're walking through this and saying, Does this, you know, how would somebody react to it? If I was listening to it, why would it matter to me? Why do I care about some of these key components of this? How did I grasp, you know, the attention of my audience through it? So the art of that storytelling is really important.
And that goes back to the skills we talked about of making sure that you pause, you bring your audience in.
If you feel like you're losing them, you've got to stop and see if they're still with you in the chapters that you're working through.
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