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Many electric toothbrushes have a shut off mechanism that turns off the toothbrush after two minutes of brushing – which is the time that someone decided was enough teeth-brushing for any one period.
Coincidentally, it turns out that two minutes (or less) is the recommended time period for the desired length of any one answer during the interview.
When answering an interview question it is best to be as focused as possible so that you can be succinct and to the point in as little time as possible – a maximum of two minutes. When you ramble and bring in details that are not relevant to the question, you lose your audience, who in this case is your interviewer.
A successful answer to an interview question is one that addresses the question asked and gets to the point rather than a long winded and sometimes off topic reply.
A tip in interviewing is to take time to listen to the question. Next, take time to process how you are going to answer. Pre-interview preparation will make a significant difference in your interview performance.
When you think about it, two minutes is a fair amount of time for a person to give his full attention to what others have to say. By sticking with the two-minute rule you will find that you will keep your interviewer interested and listening to your answer.
Start getting a sense of what you could say in two minutes -maybe the next time you brush your teeth.
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