After a résumé and cover letter, an interview is a company's best chance to meet with you as an applicant and determine your eligibility or desirability for an open position. A job interview is very important and can make or break your chances of being hired. Here are three tips on preparing for a job interview. Dress the part. A job interview is your chance to make a good first impression and what you wear can help shape that impression. Dress professionally and somewhat conservatively for the interview. Jeans and a T-shirt are good for everyday life and maybe even the job you are … [Read more...]
Don?t interrogate, just interview
Image by Getty Images via @daylife There is a difference between interrogating and interviewing. While the former is designed to pull out reluctant answers, the later is based on free-will. Many interviewers recruiting resources become interrogators rather than interviewers. They ask personal questions that attack the privacy of the interviewee. So what are these interrogating questions? Here are they. How was the relationship between you and your manager in the previous company? This is not an interview question at all. Yet, there have been numerous instances when this … [Read more...]
Answering the Tough Interview Questions
Image by Getty Images via @daylife The interview process is most distressing for many job seekers, rating far worse than resume preparation or even the initial job hunting. Knowing what to wear, when to arrive, how to speak and how to act are only part of the challenge. In order to successfully emerge from the interview you must be prepared for the questions are you are most likely to be asked, and you must provide those answers with calm, collected and confident assurance. Many interviewers like to lull their subjects into a false sense of security before snapping closed the … [Read more...]