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Job interviews can be cause for all types of
"jitters" arising from everything from
performance anxiety to traffic jams. You can
greatly minimize your anxieties and increase
your chances for a winning interview by
realizing that all job interviews really come
down to only a few basics. Here is a quick
checklist of the 8 most important elements that
you need to have covered. (And number 8 is after
the interview).
1. Research before you go (before you even
apply). Well before your first job interview,
before the phone screen, before you even call or
send a resume, ask this question: Is this a
company you would want to work for? Know exactly
why it is. If not, then why are you there? This
also reduces the possibility of stupid and
embarrassing phone screen or job interview
questions on your part. You should already know
what products or services the company is in the
business of providing, their size and their
annual revenues (if they are a public company).
You should also go to their website and check
out their current press releases. Granted, most
of this is PR fluff, but you can extract some
good nuggets here by finding out what products
they've just introduced, what success stories
they're promoting and their most recent stock
performance and growth projections. Many
challenges the company may be faced with are
couched in these little releases and it's good
for you to know and use this to your advantage
during the interview.
2. Make sure you can and do answer these 5
job interview questions:
Why are you here? What can you do for us?
Will you get along with our values and culture
here? What makes you different from everyone
else that we've talked with, i.e., will you go
that extra mile? How much will you cost us?
(Save your answer for this one at the time of an
actual job offer. Never talk salary at your
first interview unless they press you and then
be general at most.)
3. Have your "stories" in your head, in your
heart ready to go. At the job interview, the
company wants to find out what kind of employee
you would be. The best way for you to show them
is to take the initiative and have several
personal stories that you can tell, taking maybe
a half minute to 90 seconds each during the job
interview to tell. By this I mean, you'll
develop stories around specific examples of your
career. For instance tell how you either made
money or saved money for your current or
previous company, how you faced a crisis in your
life or job and how you responded or recovered
from it, how you contributed to the team to
complete a crucial project or company goal. Your
stories should all piece together as answers to
the questions above.
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4. Have a list of questions YOU want answered
beforehand. See #1 above. At the job interview
don't ask questions you should already have
answers for, however, you DO want to demonstrate
interest by having a few questions for the
interviewer that are more specific about the
job, the projects, the immediate needs and the
challenges the person filling this job might be
facing.
5. Dress for a job interview not a date. See
John Molloy's Dress for Success. It's dated but
still the best there is. If you're not sure,
call ahead to either your interviewer or the HR
department and ask. When in doubt, dress more
conservatively. You want to fit in and not feel
self conscious about your clothing choice during
the interview.
6. Watch your body language. Don't fidget,
play with your pen or keep adjusting your collar
or your hair. Remember body language sends a
strong signal to others about your inner
feelings, your intentions and thoughts. Bad body
language usually stems from nerves or low
confidence. You can reduce your jitters and
raise your confidence by preparing well in
advance of your job interview.
7. End the job interview with an answer to
this question "what is our next step?" You've
gone this far, you have a right to know exactly
what is going to happen as a result of this
meeting. You need to take responsibility for
asking this simple question at the conclusion of
the meeting. Don't wait for the interviewer. You
deserve an answer before you leave the room.
8. Send an Interview Thank You letter. Do
this within the first 24 hours of your interview
if at all possible. A handwritten note will
really separate you from everyone else that's
interviewing for this position.
Summary
Rather simple yet effective. Eight simple job
interview actions to keep track of. Since you
have been preparing weeks ahead of time for this
moment, much of this work has already been
completed. Keeping track of these eight steps
for your job interview will greatly increase the
chances in your favor of walking out a winner
and one very large step closer to landing the
job you really want.
Also:
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