Squiggly Careers

Getting ready for a job interview can feel daunting, but what happens when you have to face an AI interviewer or answer tough questions about how you use artificial intelligence?

In this episode, Helen puts Sarah on the spot with real AI interview questions shared by the Squiggly Careers community.

Together, they explore how AI is changing the interview experience, what interviewers might be looking for in your answers, and how you can prepare to talk confidently about how you're using and learning about AI at work.

🎯 What You'll Learn– How AI is changing the interview experience– The AI questions you could be asked in an interview– What interviewers might be looking for in your answers– How to talk about where AI adds value and its limits– The AI questions you could ask an interviewer

📚Resources mentioned
- Claudia Harris on the future of AI and work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-harris-obe-71793374/
- We Are Not Machines by Sarah O’Connor: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462159/we-are-not-machines-by-oconnor-sarah/9780241704226
- Hannah Fry’s AI agent experiment with Cass/Cassandra: https://microblog.christhomas.co.uk/blog/hannah-fry-cass-why-ai-agents

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Increasing your autonomy has a proven impact of work wellbeing and fulfilment and in this shortcut, Helen talks through 3 practical actions to help you to earn more autonomy at work.

🎯 What You'll Learn
- how to build trust
- why working autonomously doesn't mean going it alone
- the importance of owning your outcomes

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When things change at work, how good are you at changing how you think or act in response?

In the second part of our No Regret Skills mini-series, Helen and Sarah turn their attention to adaptability. Sarah breaks this skill down into eight different dimensions and puts Helen through a real-life scenario to explore where her adaptability strengths are and where she could get better.

🎯 What You'll Learn
– The difference between flexibility and adaptability
– The eight different dimensions of adaptability
– How to spot your own adaptability strengths
– Where you could get better at adapting to change
– How to explore adaptability as a team

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The leaders you surround yourself with make a significant difference to your squiggly career. In this shortcut Sarah shares 3 ways to look for leaders to learn from and what you don't need to worry about.

🎯 What You'll Learn
- how to look for leaders who get stuff done
- why spotting leaders who say I don't know is a good source of learning
- the most curious leaders will help you to stay curious

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With so many skills competing for our attention, how do you decide which ones are worth investing in?

In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore the idea of 'no regret skills' – skills that will stay useful whatever the future of work looks like. In the first of this two-part series, Helen borrows brilliance from poker player and author Annie Duke to explore decision-making and shares four practical ways to get better at it.

🎯 What You'll Learn
– How confidence scoring can improve your decisions
– How a truth group can challenge your thinking
– How to decide which decisions deserve more of your time
– How back-casting can help you make better decisions
– Why a good decision doesn't always lead to a good outcome

Next week, Helen and Sarah explore another no regret skill: adaptability.

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