Coffee chat or formal interview: how do you prefer to get to know someone?

I don't know what it is.

Have a coffee or a formal meeting?So me, obviously, I'm more of a coffee person because I like to tell myself

first of all, let's have a coffee.It obviously allows you to meet people in real life, to see each other,to feel, to meet.

It's something that's very important to me, meeting new people and asking them questions, taking an interest in them.

It's true that I have an example of when we launched the Spanish subsidiary of Alchimie, I needed to recruit business development teams.

And in fact, instead of going through a traditional process job interview, the whole format, which is also important,but I had chosen to identify broadly the profiles that seemed interesting to me.

In companies that could be my target customers,so telecom operators, for example, in this specific case,and try to contact them to ask them to give their opinion about the sector, talk about their business,to talk about their issues and the current challenges facing the sector.

And in fact, by taking an interest in their daily lives,Looking at their lives and what they do, I realize that already,it's much easier for people to respond to me naturally.

They don't feel pressured to think, "What does she want from me?" What is she trying to sell me? What does she want from me?

So it's already much easier to get in touch with people.

And then, by suggesting that they meet up with the idea of discussing things,to just chat and get to know each other.firstly, people are generally willing to help.

So when we ask them for help and say, "I want to know," more, I need more information.

I need to understand what you do and what your challenges are.

They are usually happy to respond.And it's always good to remind yourself that people generally want to help when they can.

They feel like they can take part.So, it's pretty easy to meet Spaniards,experts in their field.

Ultimately, the goal was not necessarily to recruit people right away,but having already laid some groundwork, having spoken with these people,These were contacts that remained over the weeks.

And then, when it was actually time to start recruiting,I realized that someone was available, was in a moment when they wanted to change directions too.

So it happens much more naturally.Once we've formed bonds and realized within the framework conversations over a cup of coffee or something else,that there is a genuine connection and mutual interest in common topics.

And what did you ask them, for example?You told them: I need some information about your company or about the sector in general?

No, it was more information about what drives their industry.

The business, what are the current challenges, how do they do it to come out on top.

Try to understand what they are doing well, after all.

Because people do lots of good things, and by asking them questions they are delighted to talk about how they achieve this.

It's always good to talk about positive things and say to yourself,"Hey, look at that!" If I did it, it might help too.

So this aspect of giving feedback and sharing experiences.

When someone asks you a question on LinkedIn, you think: They found my Interesting profile, I am an expert in this field.

I think it's also rewarding for the person receiving the message.

Yes.It's true that what's important is also having There is no fixed narrative or stereotype.

Nowadays, you see a lot of automated messages that arrive, from emails to LinkedIn, and you don't respond because you feel like you're just being used for something.

But when the connection forms naturally because there is a real mutual need, like sharing an experience we've had,and asking them to share their experiences,we find the right words and the right way that is honest and something that works pretty well.

That says it all.That's what I was going to say, that's what happened to you.

That's what's funny.It's not usually my thing, but the message was sincere.