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If you're in a job interview and your mind goes completely blank when they ask, so tell me about a time when this is a tip for you. I'm Kelly, I'm a career coach, and this is an interview prep trick that I teach almost every client. Stop preparing answers and start preparing categories. So before your interview, open your notebook or your notes app, and I want you to write down these categories. Leadership, conflict, failure, big accomplishment, difficult stakeholder, tight deadline, and mistake you learned from. For each one of these, I want you to write down one real story from anywhere in your career. And that's it. Because most interview questions are just asking about the same 10 to 15 themes over and over again. So instead of trying to predict every possible question that you could be asked, you're building a story bank that you can pull from time and time again. That's what makes people sound confident and articulate in interviews. Not memorization, good preparation. If you need help prepping for interviews or building your story bank, I do one-on-one coaching sessions. Click the link in my bio for more information. I hope this helps and good luck on your interview.