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Answering interview questions
Important Things to know Before Your First Interview
You can increase the probability of being invited back for subsequent interviews and receiving a formal offer by reviewing and practicing these steps:
Be prepared.
This cannot be overemphasized. Your degree of preparation speaks volumes about your interest level and conscientiousness. In addition to increasing your confidence, solid preparation will help you to give articulate answers and ask pertinent questions. In order to make the best case for your candidacy for a particular job, you must be prepared with information about yourself and about the job, company and field. It is difficult to make a case for a match if you only have information about one side of the equation.Keep this concept firmly in mind: If you don't know your prospective employer's problems, you can't project yourself as the best candidate to solve them.
Interview companies for your job -- don't let them interview you.
In the final analysis, you don't "get a job" -- you "pick one." For most job seekers, this is an important attitudinal distinction. Many of us forget that the decision to accept a position is far more critical for us than it is for the employer. If they make a mistake, they just go through the recruiting process again. You, on the other hand, have invested an amount of your professional lifetime that is gone forever. Viewing it that way, your "selection" takes on a different perspective.
Know how to listen.
This is your most valuable interviewing skill. By listening carefully, you communicate respect. You can focus single-mindedly on the questions and how they are being asked, as well as any hidden meanings that might exist within them.
Keep interviewing.
Many candidates tend to let up a little on their job search efforts after scheduling one or two interviews. If you let up and an expected job offer does not materialize for one reason or another, your pipeline is empty. Weeks could go by before you are able to set up initial interviews with newly targeted companies. In the meantime, you could face erosion of your precious cash reserves, not to mention your confidence, self-esteem and morale.
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