In this article we'll review job search techniques that very well may help you land successful career employment. We will look at some basic, but very valuable, job interview strategies for handling stumbling blocks you may encounter while in the job interview itself, or how you can avoid them altogether, or minimize any negative impact they may have. Since the job interview is the source of your key interaction with a potential employer, you want that transaction to present you as a knowledgable, professional, engaging job seeker who will enhance their company if hired. You may control that outcome by heeding the job interview techniques outlined below.

Job interviews are stressful for a number of good reasons. Typically, you only have one opportunity to impress a potential employer. Often it's an interview which may only last thirty minutes to an hour, in which time you must effectively present your qualifications, express professionalism, and show your desire for that particular job. It is imperative that you appear competent, intelligent, professional, and well spoken. It is a hard and fast rule of job hunting that the job seeker should prepare answers to any and all anticipated questions well before the interview. The success of your interview may well depend on how prepared you are to answer these questions in a competent and professional manner. It is most effective if you physically write out the important points you will cover as you respond to these questions.

But what many candidates do not consider, however, is to rehearse the actual delivery of those answers. The kind of presentation you make will impress the interviewer, for good or ill, as much, if not more so, than the content of your response. Therefore, it is helpful for you to practice answering these questions allowed, in front of a mirror, and, more importantly, with another person, whether it be your spouse, a close friend, or your professional mentor. No matter how prepared you may be intellectually to answer these inquiries, you will be much more confident if the interview is not the first time the words have come out of your mouth.

When the interviewer has asked a question, and the ball is in your court, you may feel a strong desire to respond immediately. If you are not prepared for the question, you may begin speaking with no clear idea what you are going to say. In moments like this, most people will revert to everyday verbal stalling tactics, such as using phrases like,