Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Interview Basics

Peparing for your interview

  • Get well prepared for the interview

  • Be ready to answer questions about yourself and your career

  • Show your interest in the interviewing company

  • Try to make the best impression


  • Making the best impression

  • Arrive on time or a few minutes early, late arrival for a job interview is never excusable

  • Fill out any application neatly and completely

  • Keep your personal resume and give it to the person who will actually do the interview

  • Greet the interviewer by name if you are sure of the pronunciation

  • Shake hands firmly

  • Wait until you are offered a chair before sitting, sit upright in your chair

  • Look alert and interested at all times, be a good listener as well as a good talker, smile

  • Look a prospective employer in the eye while you talk to him/her

  • Give detailed answers to questions and use examples whenever possible

  • Communicate your good points to the interviewer in a factual, sincere manner

  • Never lie, answer questions truthfully, frankly and as to the point as possible

  • Make only positive remarks about your present or former employers or companies

  • Wait until the second interview to inquire about SALARY, HOLIDAYS, BONUSES

  • Know your market value and be prepared to specify your required salary range

  • Act as if you are determined to get the job you are discussing

  • Never close the door on opportunity

  • Ask for the position if you are interested in it

  • Ask for the next interview of the situation demands

  • Make sure the interviewer understands why you are interested in the job and the company, what you can offer, and that you can do the job

  • Make sure the interviewer knows your personal contact details and has informed you of the next step, for example second interview or follow-up phone call

  • Contact the company yourself if you have not heard anything from them within 3 days


  • Things to avoid

  • Poor personal appearance and failure to look interviewer in the eye

  • Being overbearing - aggressive - conceited "superiority complex" - "know - it - all"

  • Inability to express thoughts clearly - poor diction or grammar

  • Lack of planning for career - no purpose or goals

  • Lack of interest and enthusiasm-passive and indifferent

  • Lack of confidence, nervousness, and making excuses for weak factors in record

  • Over-emphasis on money and a persistent attitude of "What can you do for me?"

  • Failure to ask good questions about the job and company

  • Lack of preparation for interview - failure to get information about the company

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