Job Interview Help

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Give examples. ALWAYS give examples.

If they ask for your strong point - give them one, then give them an example of how it has benefited you.

If they ask how you might handle something, don't tell them how you 'might' handle it, give them an example of a similar situation from your working past and how you handled that.

It shows your capability MUCH better than telling them in theory what you might do.

In the interview industry, they are looking for "Situation, Action, Result." *SAR* stories. All of the examples you give should define the situation, tell what action you took, and what the result was (in other words, how it benefited the company/organzation/department/whatever.)

Concrete examples always work better than theoretical. It tells the interviewer "Been there, done that. Next challenge?"

Hope this helps.

this is good advice: as an example you could say- when I am typing a review on terb I always ensure that my spelling and grammar are correct and that my review demonstrates a proper professional tone.

 

[reaper29]

Sell yourself!

Before the interview, think about how great you are and the benefits you offer, and how lucky they would be to hire you. Puts you in the right frame of mind.

Watch your posture, you should look at the person doing the interview, look interested in what they have to say, ask some questions to show you are listening/interested, have your hands apart to show you are approachable. Remain calm.

Towards the end of the interview, if you like the job, tell the person doing the interview that you want the job. Something like, “this work sounds interesting, and I know I could do it well, I would like this job”. Spell it out that you want the job, and can do it well. That is really all the interviewer cares about. His problem is that they need an employee to do certain things, and you are the solution to his problem. Don’t overdo it though.

Bang on!! Do your research on the company and sell them why you are the right person for the job. Be enthusiatic and show them them that the search ends with YOU!!

Good luck.

Reaper

 

[nautilus]

So milhouse, how did the interview go????