Stop having a "know-it-all" response for every question...

A buddy of mine is a successful, smart guy that has been with his same company for about 10 years. He is nationally considered an expert in his field and very well respected in the industry. He has co

A buddy of mine is a successful, smart guy that has been with his same company for about 10 years. He is nationally considered an expert in his field and very well respected in the industry. He has companies and headhunters constantly reaching out to him and makes it down to a finalist more times than not...but he never lands the job. We were out for happy hour last night and he was voicing his frustrations about the process and I asked him to go into more details about the whole situation. I listened for about 20 minutes as he described the last few companies and it was extremely apparent on why he wasn't getting the roles. It's not that he isn't the expert people think that is he or well suited for the position, the dude simply comes off as a know-it-all and I can guarantee that is a huge turnoff to hiring teams and executive search committees. My advice to him and anyone else reading this. When you are in a later round of interviews, even if you have every right technical answer, show that you are capable of being vulnerable and say, "That's a great question and I wish I had a proper response for you. I will have to do a little research on that and get back to you. Would you mind if I follow-up via email within the next 24 hours?" This wouldn't be applicable to a behavior question, and make sure it is not something that will be expected to be the majority part of your new role, but show that you are a human and not a computer. It also gives you an opportunity to have another touch point with the interviewer the next day and provide a follow-up thank you in the same email.