In my last post I talked about how to research a company using its web site, but there are many other sources of information you should explore before your interview. Google Search for news releases about the company, as well as a general search for “Information About Company XXX”. Google may list some online discussion…
Researching the company for which you’ll be interviewing is the most important part of your interview preparation. The best place to start in today’s world, naturally, is the company’s own web site. Why? Because that’s where you’ll find all the positive information and facts that the company wants you to know. And believe me, Hiring…
In my previous post I made the statement that when it comes to job interviews, preparation is the number one thing that distinguishes great candidates from merely good ones. And the most important area in which to begin your preparation is researching the company for which you are interviewing. After having hired hundreds of candidates…
So you’ve finally obtained that hard-to-get interview – congratulations! But now what do you do? What can you expect in the interview? First and foremost, you must realize that in the job interview you’re a sales representative and the product you’re selling is….you! This means you have to be ready to sell your skills and…
This is the first in a series of job interview advice posts that are designed to put you ahead of the vast majority of your competition. Believe it or not, hiring managers can also be uneasy during interviews, particularly so when we interview someone who is obviously unqualified and/or unprepared. This means that everything you…
It happens sometimes. You had an interview, thought it went well, and you’ve heard nothing. You want to follow up but don’t want to come across as desperate or offensive. Here’s how to do it the right way. From a timing standpoint, if you haven’t heard anything in two weeks after a first interview, it’s…
Here’s the scenario: you’ve interviewed for a job and it seemed to go pretty well. It’s been a week and you haven’t heard anything. Now what should you do? Keep waiting? If so, how long? Call HR and ask what your status is? Call the Hiring Manager and ask why you’ve rudely been kept waiting?…
A friend of mine recently went through a job interview and told me afterward that he felt it was going very well until he got asked the following question: “What do you see as your greatest weakness?”. He admitted he wasn’t prepared for it (he should have been – this question get asked fairly often)…
Landing a job interview is arguably the hardest part of getting a great paying job. So why then would you risk not securing that job because you didn’t look the part in the interview? No matter what kind of job you are after, you need to look more than just presentable when going into your…
There is no doubt that job interviews can be extremely stressful. However, what can either increase or decrease your stress can be the way in which you react to the questions that are being asked during the interview. An easy mistake to make in an interview is trying to figure out what the potential employer…
You know that a job interview is going to be your best chance to convince a potential employer that you are the best candidate for a specific job, but you may not know that there are certain times when you should not interview. This goes beyond not interviewing because you think the job will not…
Despite the seemingly inexhaustible amount of information pertaining to the do’s and don’t of an interview, it seems like prospective employees either don’t bother doing their research or just plain forget about the basic common courtesies that could be the difference between employment and yet another rejection. Regardless of how qualified you think you are,…