Tips for Work and Life with Andrew LaCivita
Jun 2, 2026 · 28 min · 10 segments
One of the biggest mistakes job candidates make is thinking the interview is only about what they say. So they spend all their time preparing answers and trying to sound impressive. Meanwhile… The…
The problem with what I'm about to say is so few people that I've met or prepared for a job interview actually do this.
But can we all agree, I wrote this out, the room is already under pressure before you walk in, and the reason that you don't spend any time thinking about this is because you're so worried about your scripted answers and not forgetting it, and you're so nervous 'cause you need the job, that you're not thinking about them.
Right? These are people who were pulled out of their job, lest the recruiter who's responsible for getting you into the candidate pipeline, but let's just say everybody else that's interviewing you, has another job they get paid for.
They have a demanding boss who's probably on their fanny, or maybe customers.
You're their 2:00 appointment in the middle of the day when they'd rather be doing something else.
Now, I get that many of them grud- begrudgingly will go and interview you, but you have to understand that that's what their state of mind is when they're walking in the afternoon to talk to you, right? You're your mid-- You're their midday distraction.
Additionally, professionally, they have goals and they have problems and things that they're worried about.
So how do you anticipate what the room's gonna be like, not to mention, and equally as importantly, get this thing up here dialed in correctly, meaning that you are actually in the right frame of mind to communicate, you are fully aware of what's going on around you, and you have great perspective.
The first one is, before you go in to talk to them, I want you to think about this.
What are their goals and what are their problems? Every time I come up and I, I get here and turn the microphone and the camera on, I know on Thursday when we do these live, many of you, 99% of you, have job searching problems.
But many of you that come to the live shows have job searching acute pain problems.
I already know, even though I haven't met you, that you want a great job where you feel appreciated with working with a boss who's wonderful and supportive, where you're getting paid a lot of money.
The problem with what I'm about to say is so few people that I've met or prepared for a job interview actually do this.
But can we all agree, I wrote this out, the room is already under pressure before you walk in, and the reason that you don't spend any time thinking about this is because you're so worried about your scripted answers and not forgetting it, and you're so nervous 'cause you need the job, that you're not thinking about them.
Right? These are people who were pulled out of their job, lest the recruiter who's responsible for getting you into the candidate pipeline, but let's just say everybody else that's interviewing you, has another job they get paid for.
They have a demanding boss who's probably on their fanny, or maybe customers.
You're their 2:00 appointment in the middle of the day when they'd rather be doing something else.
Now, I get that many of them grud- begrudgingly will go and interview you, but you have to understand that that's what their state of mind is when they're walking in the afternoon to talk to you, right? You're your mid-- You're their midday distraction.
Additionally, professionally, they have goals and they have problems and things that they're worried about.
So how do you anticipate what the room's gonna be like, not to mention, and equally as importantly, get this thing up here dialed in correctly, meaning that you are actually in the right frame of mind to communicate, you are fully aware of what's going on around you, and you have great perspective.
The first one is, before you go in to talk to them, I want you to think about this.
What are their goals and what are their problems? Every time I come up and I, I get here and turn the microphone and the camera on, I know on Thursday when we do these live, many of you, 99% of you, have job searching problems.
But many of you that come to the live shows have job searching acute pain problems.
I already know, even though I haven't met you, that you want a great job where you feel appreciated with working with a boss who's wonderful and supportive, where you're getting paid a lot of money.
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