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Successful
Interview
A
successful interview depends on how you answer job interview
questions that come your way. It is very surprising when
candidates fail to prepare ahead of time. After all, a lot is
riding on a job interview. It's up to you to make the interview
successful.
Successful
Interview: Job Interview Tips
Decide
the core competency or competencies you want to emphasize
during the job interview.
When you are answering questions, keep your response targeted on
your professional experience. Leave personal information off the
table. When you hone in on specifics it will be easy to formulate a
response.
Let's
say you are in operations. The key skills in operations include
the following: risk
management, contract negotiation, strategic planning, business
analysis, and budgeting and forecasting. That
is a lot of core competencies that you may not be able to
address in one question.
To
decide on which competency to address consider the following: which
competency are you most proud of?; which one will impress the
interviewer the most?; which one is most relevant to the position?
Hopefully,
the same core competency will come up time and again as your
answers.
Once
you decide on the competency, jot down all the accomplishments.
Achievements are the most important part of any job interview
question. A successful interview depends on your ability to
brainstorm stories before the interview and "pull out" the
appropriate ones in responses to interview questions.
Tie
in the chosen competency to the open position.
The interviewer wants to know how your past experience will benefit
their company / department. Through your responses you should draw a
connection between what you can do and what the company needs.
End
your response with a question.
One of the major fallouts of answering interview question is that
candidates do not know when to stop talking. Asking a
question at the end of your response let's the interviewer know that
it's time to move on.
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