 Day 29 of 31 days of story Wanted to share with you the story that you want to tell for a pre-screen interview The pre-screen interview is a way of the hiring person to check if you are you know The kind of person that they want to meet in person Really, that's it Sometimes, you know the HR will get Or the hiring people like whichever whoever the decision-makers are will get resumes that seem really polished And then when they call the person it becomes quite obvious very very very soon into the call that You know the person who they're speaking to didn't write their resume because they are speaking a completely different kind of language Which is you know that could be a resume issue But you know as long as you are using your own words and your resume sounds like you and you're going to sound the Same on the phone then there's nothing to be worried about because you're telling a consistent story about yourself So it's that it's that they're calling because they don't you know It can be a real waste of your time and their time and other people who are involved in the hiring process is time if You know, you're not the right person like why waste the time of all that traveling and getting together If you're really not even going to be considered So it's just like a pre-screen to see if you know everything that you said on your resume is true if you're available if you're still interested and that's you know the story that you want to tell is a story of being interested in the role of being available of Showing them why you want to work for them in that role and in that company and a little bit about why you're qualified and it's not Huge memorized speeches that you want to be giving but those that's it is you're telling the story when you answer the phone You're in the role of a character who is telling the story about being excited and prepared and qualified for the role that they're talking about And that is that is the through line of your story Things you know stories that you want to have is you want to know why you applied for the job So, you know if they say hey, why'd you apply for the job? You can tell them exactly why what interested you about the role If they ask you why you are available for the job, then you want to have the story about why you're available So why are you thinking about leaving your current company or why you're no longer working? And you can phrase those both in really positive ways where you're not Putting down your current employer and you're not You know if you experience job loss, you're not putting down your current employer And you're not showing you know desperation or like you're still attached when you answer that question. So work on your leaving story The last one of those is you know what qualifies you for this job And so having an example about any education or experience and again not five minutes But a really short bit of like here's why and here's a little example of work that I've done and Usually those calls are only, you know, like 15 to half hour calls And so you don't need to to add, you know, a whole lot more They might ask you some questions that are extra screening ones and then those ones It's okay to not be prepared for them You just want to be open and present and tell them the truth when they ask the question And then hopefully if you're telling the right story, then they'll invite you in to meet them in person So thanks for watching. I'll be back with video number 30. Thank you