JOB INTERVIEW - TIPS AND ADVICE
Promote Yourself
Don't be shy about your accomplishments during interviews.
Fill in the Pauses
Bring Your 'Hall of Fame' with You
Bring Your 'Hall of Fame' with You
Remember and Rehearse
Identify Missed Opportunities
'Do You Have Any Questions About the Job?'
Identify Missed Opportunities
'Do You Have Any Questions About the Job?'
Long-Term Goals?
The way you discuss this topic could make or break the interview. Try these exercises to stay focused so you can clearly state your goals with ease.
Get Focused
Scripting
Color Yourself a Success
How do you want to be perceived at the interview? Sophisticated? Bold? Learn what the colors you wear to the job interview convey to potential employers.
Researching the company
Blue: You can't go wrong with darker shades of blue, especially navy.
Gray: After blue, gray is the second most popular color to wear for an interview.
Black: This is a commanding color and represents authority.
Red: This is an extremely powerful color.
White: White shirts and blouses are always a safe bet.
The Power of Thanks
Mom used to tell you to always say "please" and "thank you." Even when it comes to job hunting, mother knows best.
Thank you letter after an interview
Open-ended Questions
- Used by interviewers when they expect more than a yes or no answer.
Closed-ended Questions
– Used by interviewers when they need to know a specific piece of information (years of experience, technical knowledge, etc.). These questions require a brief and solid answer.
Hypothetical Questions
– Used by interviewers to assess your problem-solving skills and to make sure you do have enough experience in the field to be able to face day-to-day problems. Of course, reply speed is also assessed.
Leading Questions
- These questions are assumptive. The idea of leading questions is to get a specific response from the interview.
Multi-Barreled Questions
– They check your reasoning skills. These questions are linked in such way that suddenly what seems to be one question are actually two or three questions about the same topic.
Behavioral Questions
– Used by interviewers to check the behavior of candidates. This type of question states that the best way to know what a candidate will do is by knowing what he/she did in a similar situation in the past.
TYPES OF INTERVIEWS
Stress Interview
Stress interviews are used to see how the job seeker handle himself. You may be sarcastic or argumentative, or may keep him waiting.Telephone interview
The best way for a company to make the best out of time and costs is by interviewing candidates on the phone, especially when candidates live out of town or abroad.One on One interview
Perhaps the most typical interview. Takes place with two people: The Interviewer and the interviewee. The general idea of this type of interview is to decide if the candidate is the person the company is looking for and, of course, if the company meets the personal and professional requirements of the candidate.Lunch interview
Most types of interviews can be difficult and stressing for most interviewees, but lunch interviews are specially complicated since the candidate you interview will not only have to be careful with every single detail that comes with a normal interview, he will also have to show manners.
