Storytelling during an interview – A focus on soft skills
Objectives:
- To provide recommendations on how to showcase yourself and your career effectively during an interview with an HR professional, with a particular focus on soft skills.
- To review what soft skills are, understand their importance in evaluations, and explore how they are assessed
- To introduce the STAR method and practice its application in a small group.
- To receive feedback from both participants and Catherine Lefebvre on chosen examples to demonstrate specific soft skills using the STAR method.
- To discuss interview best practices more broadly, including dos and don’ts related to both content and non-verbal communication.
- We will practice the STAR method to demonstrate soft skills. We would like each of you to select one soft skill and to prepare a specific example which demonstrates this skill, using the STAR method. During this session we aim to share some, ideally all, of these examples and provide feedback.
Participants: a group of 10 - 12 people max
Workshop facilitated by Catherine Lefvreve.
Catherine Llefvreve is the Associate Director of Avenir Dirigeant, a firm specializing in executive outplacement and coaching.
She spent 25 years at Heidrick & Struggles, where she served as a Partner, leading executive search assignments for a diverse range of French and international clients. She also contributed to leadership assessment and development initiatives, particularly in the context of organizational restructuring and succession planning. Later, she took on the role of Talent Manager for Europe.
A certified coach, Catherine Lefvreve has guided senior executives through career transitions and leadership development. She is deeply committed to helping them reposition themselves professionally, rediscover their sense of purpose, and unlock their full potential.
Should you face an impossibility to attend this workshop, please inform Giuliana (giuliana@inseadalumni.fr) as early as possible. As we have limited places to this workshop, a “no show” means that some fellow alumni would not be accepted.
