Feb 5 / Richa Bansal

Competence vs. Confidence: The Key to Landing Leadership Roles

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During my years at Amazon and Schlumberger, I hired dozens of candidates for leadership roles, and I’ve seen one pattern over and over again.

The people who get the offer balance two things perfectly: competence and confidence.

Competence is the baseline, and it gets you in the room.

Here’s what HMs look for:

Do you have the right experience for the role?

Can you show depth in your expertise?

Do you communicate the results of your work - not just the tasks you’ve done?

Confidence is what makes hiring managers say, we need her on our team.

Do you answer questions with clarity and structure?

Do you carry yourself with executive presence?

Do you make it easy for the hiring manager to see your value?

And that's where most women struggle.

They have the competence.

They’ve led major projects, solved high-impact problems, and delivered results.

But they hesitate to own their achievements in interviews.

They downplay their accomplishments, hedge their answers, and wait to be recognized.

That’s exactly why they lose out on roles they’re more than qualified for.

If you’ve ever walked out of an interview knowing you could have done better - not because you lacked the skills, but because you held back.

It’s time to change that.

You’ve got what it takes. Let’s make sure hiring managers see it too.
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