You’ve been in the workforce for years. You know better than to arrive late to an interview, badmouth a former employer, or forget to silence your phone. And yet, despite your experience, you’re still not landing the offers you want. For mid-career professionals, interviews aren’t just about nailing the basics, but also some finer points of strategy.

Congratulations! You’ve landed an interview for a C-level role. You’ve already proven your ability to lead, but stepping up from VP isn’t just a matter of doing more of the same. You need to demonstrate enterprise-level thinking. Let’s explore how to prepare for a C-level interview and break into the C suite.

In this post I’ll offer tips for how to “walk the talk” as a management candidate during the interview process, to sound and look like the strong managerial candidate you really are.

You may not yet have held the title of “manager,” but if you’ve landed a managerial interview, you probably have leadership experience and/or potential. Here’s how to prove it in your managerial job interview.