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