Interview Like an Olympian™ · by Jeneba Wint
Interview readiness your staff can teach and your participants can practice.
A book and a staff-delivered curriculum. Workforce, reentry and career programs use it to help people find the experience they keep dismissing, explain it with evidence, and practice until the answer is their own.
- Taught by Life After Release staff in Job Club, its reentry workforce program
- Ordered in bulk by Morgan State University, Dress for Success and the U.S. House
- Used in over 1,000 interviews
- Built by a former Division I athlete
The program gap
Most people receive interview advice. Few receive a system.
A participant says, “I just helped with scheduling.” The experience is real. The words and the evidence are missing. Without a shared method, each facilitator rebuilds that session from scratch, and every cohort gets a slightly different program.
Interview Like an Olympian turns interview preparation into a repeatable practice.
ILAO Career Partner Program
Bring Interview Like an Olympian to your next cohort.
Life After Release licenses the book and curriculum for Job Club, its reentry workforce development program, and its own staff teach it. The Career Partner Program gives your program the same setup.
- Built for
- Workforce, reentry and career programs with a recurring cohort and a staff facilitator
- One cohort
- One program at one site, up to 25 participants, two staff facilitators and a 90-day delivery window
- Your staff get
- The curriculum and participant materials, a kickoff, a 90-minute facilitator training, a launch check and a cohort review, all remote
- Participants work toward
- An inventory of five contributions, three interview stories tied to a target role, one answer practiced and revised, and a next-step plan
- Quoted separately
- Books, on-site delivery, and sessions Jeneba teaches herself
How it works
The Olympian Interview Method™, in four sessions
- 01
Find the experience
An inventory of what each person handled, who relied on it and what record remains.
- 02
Translate it to the role
One example becomes an answer tied to a real job responsibility.
- 03
Practice and get feedback
A first attempt, one specific correction, then a second attempt.
- 04
Revise and plan the next rep
Score the answer and choose what to improve before the next interview.
AI in the program
AI helps with practice. The participant writes the answer.
AI can suggest practice questions and point out missing details. The participant checks every claim, removes anything they can’t support, and answers follow-up questions out loud in their own words. Every activity also runs without AI, and no one has to put personal history into a public tool to take part.
Reporting
Evidence your program can stand behind.
Each cohort closes with a summary of sessions delivered, attendance, completed story portfolios and practice scores. Employment follow-up stays with your program. The summary supports your reporting. It doesn’t replace your funder’s formal measures.
Other ways to work together
Books in bulk
For career centers, workforce programs and employers. Copies ship worldwide.
Request a bulk orderAn author-led workshop
Jeneba teaches the session herself, virtually or on site.
Plan a workshopA session for association members
Leading a workforce association? Ask about From Experience to Evidence, a practitioner session for member staff.
Ask about a member session
Books in bulk
Career centers, workforce programs and employers order Interview Like an Olympian in bulk for the people they serve. Past orders include Morgan State University, Dress for Success, Life After Release and the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives. Copies ship worldwide.
- Morgan State University
- Dress for Success
- Life After Release
- Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives
For programs
Ask about your next cohort.
Questions from program teams
We already have a curriculum.
Good. Bring your session list to the fit call. ILAO fills a specific gap, usually the step between “I have experience” and “I can explain it in an interview.” If your curriculum already covers that, you may not need it.
There are free AI courses.
Those teach the tool. ILAO teaches a coaching method your staff run with your participants, with or without AI.
Our staff don't have time.
Jeneba walks through the preparation each session needs before you commit, so you can judge the workload first.
Will this get participants hired?
No curriculum can promise that. Participants leave with practiced, evidence-based answers, and your team leaves with a repeatable way to teach them.
Tell us about your program
For job seekers
Preparing for your own interview?
The book
Interview Like an Olympian
$25.99Paperback. $5 shipping, plus tax, at checkout.
The playbook for walking into any interview prepared, confident, and clear on your value.
Most people prepare for an interview the night before. Olympians prepare long before anyone is watching, then trust their training when it counts.
This book gives you that training. Former Division I NCAA athlete turned tech leader Jeneba Wint turns the mindset and preparation of elite athletes into a repeatable system for job seekers. You learn to tell your story, communicate your value, handle tough questions, and walk out knowing you left nothing on the field.
Every interview you walk into unprepared leaves the outcome to chance. This is how you stop doing that.
Used in over 1,000 interviews worldwide.
"This book is full of frameworks and strategies that will help you shift your mindset and land your next gig."
Look inside
Read a sample from Chapter 7.
Contents of Interview Like an Olympian
- Introduction, page 1
- The Gold Medal Mindset, page 7
- Affirm Thyself, page 43
- You're 1 of 1, page 63
- Olympic Style Interview Prep, page 81
- The Secret Power of Cross-Training, page 109
- The Off-Season, page 127
- Sell Your Highlight Reel, page 143
- Comfort Zone Defense, page 163
- Just Run the Play, page 185
- Put Me In Coach, page 207
- It's a Team Sport, page 233
- Pay Me Like I Weigh, page 257
- Conclusion, page 284
- Appendices, page 291
Reader testimonials
Readers are already putting the playbook to work.
Reader feedback
“I love this idea of being unique and irreplaceable.”
1 / 4
What you’ll build
Confidence, preparation, and growth.
Mindset mastery
Visualization, affirmation, and abundance thinking that help you quiet imposter syndrome and show up with real confidence.
Strategic preparation
Craft your Unique Value Proposition and personal brand story so preparation stops feeling like anxiety and starts feeling like an advantage.
Professional growth
Treat every interview as a rep. Reflect, adjust, and come back sharper, with a skill-stacking plan that keeps you relevant as work changes.
What's inside
Everything you need to prepare like a pro.
12 training chapters.
From The Gold Medal Mindset to Pay Me Like I Weigh, covering mindset, preparation, storytelling, and negotiation.
22+ Run the Play interview prep and readiness strategies and drills.
Built into the chapters, so you practice the method instead of just reading about it.
4 answer frameworks for behavioral questions.
S.T.A.R., C.A.R., S.O.A.R., and D.I.G.S., so every answer has a clear situation, action, and result.
The M.A.M.B.A. framework.
Mindset, Analyze, Mastery, Believe, Adapt: a relentless preparation routine borrowed from elite competition.
The R.I.S.E. framework.
Reflect, Identify, Strategize, Execute: a way to turn a rejection into your next rep.
Your personal highlight reel.
Collect your wins once, then use them to answer the questions that usually stall you.
A skill-stacking strategy.
Combine what you know into an advantage that is hard to replace.
A negotiation playbook.
Research your worth, rehearse the conversation, and walk into the salary talk prepared.
The Main Character Interview mindset.
Tell your career as a story with you at the center, so hiring managers remember it.
Appendix A: The 6 P's of Personal Branding.
Purpose, Positioning, Promise, Personality, Presence, and Perspective, with reflection prompts for each.
Appendix B: Your Unique Value Proposition.
A fill-in template to put what makes you different into words.
Who it's for
Anyone with an interview that matters.
- Career pivoters who need to translate past experience into a new field.
- Recent graduates walking into their first serious interviews.
- Young professionals going after the next role or promotion.
- Seasoned professionals seeking reinvention.
Book details
The specs.
- Full title: Interview Like an Olympian: A Playbook for Acing Your Next Interview and Owning Your Career
- Paperback, 300+ pages
- 12 chapters, plus a conclusion and two appendices
- By Jeneba Wint
- ISBN 978-1-300-82959-1
- Published by Bloom Media LLC, a DBA of Bloomology LLC. First printed 2024.
Questions
Before you buy.
My interview is next week. Is it too late?
No. Start with Chapter 4, Olympic Style Interview Prep, and the answer frameworks. Come back for the mindset and growth chapters after the interview.
I'm changing careers. Is this for me?
Yes. The book was written for career pivoters. Chapter 5 on skill-stacking and Chapter 7, Sell Your Highlight Reel, help you show how your experience transfers.
Will this get me the job?
No book can promise an offer. This one gives you a repeatable way to prepare, perform, and improve after every interview, which is the part you control.
Can I buy copies for a cohort or team?
Yes. Career centers, colleges, workforce programs and employers can order in bulk or bring the curriculum to a cohort.
Free resources
Free chapter: Sell Your Highlight Reel
Chapter 7 of the book, with the 5C Framework for telling your career story.
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