Five Tips to Nailing Your Job Interview
If you are like most people, you probably don't particularly
enjoy job interviews. Unless you are ready a job interview will
certainly be among the most stressful things you'll have to do
in your life. Are there any tips that'll help? Of course there
are!
The five tips below, if taken to heart and acted upon, will give
you an advantage over about 80% of all job applicants who do
little or no preparation for the same job interview. Actually
that might be the biggest tip in itself - and a theme that runs
through all five tips below - PREPARATION.
The more you prepare beforehand, the more confident you'll be
going in to the interview, and the more confident you'll appear
during the interview.
So, without further delay, here are the five tips that'll put
you ahead of the competition at your next job interview:
1. Have all of the basic facts about yourself properly rehearsed
in your mind. These include education, hobbies, interests and
previous work experience. Try to slant what you say about your
education, your interests and the roles you've had in your jobs
to date to show why you would be the ideal candidate for this
job.
Reinforce your job application with real evidence of what you've
done in previous jobs. Don't just give a basic one or two word
description of your role - elaborate on it. Give specific
descriptions of individual aspects of the work you did. Again,
try to emphasize examples of tasks you performed that would make
you perfect for the job you've applied for.
3. Make sure you demonstrate enthusiasm for the job you're being
interviewed for. Remember, the interviewer is looking for
someone they feel will be ideally suited to the role advertised.
If you come across as having very little interest in the
position, do you think you'll be offered it? Make sure you do
your research on the company offering the job and the job role
itself so that you give a good impression of your knowledge at
the interview.
4. Before you get to the interview work out the kinds of skills
and qualities you feel you would need to carry out the job
you're applying for and think of as many good examples as you
can of how you've demonstrated these in your work and private
life to date.
5. Make an effort with your appearance. Remember, first
impressions are the only impressions the interviewer is going to
have of you, so go all out to make those first impressions
count. Think about the kind of character qualities and
personality qualities you think someone good at the job you've
applied for would demonstrate, and try to come across at the
interview as having those qualities.
Okay, there you have it... five tips that will put you ahead of
most of your competition at any job interview. Be prepared, be
enthused, look good, have the knowledge you need, and be
confident... you will land the job of your dreams in no time!