That's the one big problem with this piece of advice.
This style of interview (ahem audition) will NOT work when applying for your 1st, 2nd or even 3rd jobs. McDonalds and even Facebook need a lot of worker bees.
They need very few Performers (CEO, CFO, Chief Strategist, Head of Content and Marketing, etc. etc.)
It works only when you are no longer a commodity and have a specialization.
Its great advice that I hope to be able to use someday. Until then I will keep my head down in the trenches..and take some notes :)
This is also a really good insight. To be Andy Reid you have to do both things: take copious notes AND audition.
It definitely seems important to understand the positive psychology aspects of this and set yourself up for success, but perhaps it's also true that the reason many people don't come into interviews with a 'pitch' is that... there is no such pitch. A lot of people _can't_ take the business somewhere new and interesting, or provide indispensable value. And they subconsciously know this. It's not that they can't _ever_ do these things, it's just that they need to acquire more expertise and build a vision.
the typically interview gotten through a college job fair, and a coding interview, prices human labor as a commodity
sometimes commodities sell for high prices, but in general, you'll do better if you don't compete as a commodity
this is a method for competing along a different axis