HOW TO DO WELL AT A JOB INTERVIEW
PREPARE YOURSELF
- Are you the right person for the job? [comment]
- Update your CV [comment]
- Research, research, research [comment]
- Plan ahead [comment]
- Dress for success [comment]
Are you the right person for the job?
What are your qualities? Is this job for you?
Update your CV
A recruitment manager spends on average 10-15 seconds to decide whether to reject a CV or put it into the shortlist.
80% of people who respond to an advert by sending their CV's don't get a reply
80% of people who respond to an advert by sending their CV's don't get a reply
Research, research, research
Find out everything about the job, the company, what it does, what its achievements are, why you would like to work for it, how you could contribute to its success
Plan ahead
Search job interview question data base and think about how you would answer some of them. Think about questions you would like to ask potential employers
Dress for success
Whatever the company dress code is, the safest thing is to dress smartly.
AT THE JOB INTERVIEW:
- Come 15-20 minutes earlier
- Listen carefully [comment]
- Maintain eye contact [comment]
- Be positive [comment]
- Be inquisitive [comment]
- Prepare examples which will illustrate your skills and abilities [comment]
- Don’t lie about your achievements and skills!
- Don’t copy somebody else’s answers to similar questions!
Listen carefully
Listen to the questions carefully, answer honestly
Maintain eye contact
If you don't, some people might think you are hiding something
Be positive
Try not to talk negatively about your previous job, employer etc. Be optimistic, mention the thing you learnt on your previous jobs
Be inquisitive
Prepare questions for the interviewer about the job, what your responsibilities would be etc.
Prepare examples which will illustrate your skills and abilities
Describe situations in which you managed to deal with difficulties, how you overcame them etc
Common interview questions and answers
http://www.quintcareers.com/interview_question_database/interview_questionshttp://bhuvans.wordpress.com/2006/08/19/50
How to dress for success
http://www.ehow.com/how_1373_dress-job-interview.htmlhttp://www.ehow.com/how_1372_dress-job-interview.html
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/interviewtips/a/interview_dress.htm
http://www.quintcareers.com/dress_for_success.html
After the interview
http://www.quintcareers.com/interview_follow-up-dos-donts.htmlhttp://www.csuchico.edu/plc/afterinterview.html
http://youth.gc.ca/yoaux.jsp?auxpageid=222&ta=1&flash=0&lang=en
