Comments on: Building Rapport with Personal Conversation

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:56:52 +0000

Terrific idea. Too often interviewers are not trained on how to interview. Building rapport is the first step. It takes practice. Candidates are nervous. Look at the resume, see if there is a common bond between you. If not find a way to put the candidate at ease. Some people can’t talk about themselves. Ask them what others would say about them. Make that connection and you will get a better interview and have a clearer insight into the candidate.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:41:31 +0000

I agree 100% with what you have recently stated in your post. If you want to build rapport the first thing you should do is:

Identify what makes the other person tick.

I have become fascinated with this topic and have searched the Internet for articles and products surrounding this important yet rarely discussed gem of our social awareness.

A great product, which I have purchased, is called Networking Note Cards. I highly rec anyone looking to build their rapport skills to check it out.

All the best!

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By: Neil Murphy

Neil Murphy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:08:21 +0000

True sometimes but not always. When you are in a customer supplier role that kind of approach can be seen as a ‘technique’ by experienced people and put their backs up.

if you used a comment like the one mentioned to me it would not break the ice, but irritate.

So I believe you need a toolbox of techniques to be applied judiciously when you understand your colleagues / customers. That kind of rapport tends to come after you have worked together a little and know and trust each other, it then becomes social grooming.

I built up a close rapport with a group of customers recently only AFTER I had shown I could deliver some value and had established credibility.

Of course, different cultures have different attitudes, I am from and in Britain and its true we are somewhat more reserved than Americans (I lived in the US for four years as well).

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