INTERVIEW

At some point, your job seeking will land you interviews. This is the single most important part of searching a job, because this is where you have a chance to sell individually. Accordingly, the interview is the true test of your powers of persuasion. Nothing is as bad as bombing the previously type of an interview and having to struggle through the remaining time knowing that there is no chance you will get the job. If this type of interview sounds horrendous, well . . . it is. Do every- thing probable to avoid this. Make a first and long-term good impression.

To do this you have to do your homework, and this includes researching the organizations you are interviewing with. Take benefits of the ample materials existing online. Also take a consider at your local paper, as there is a opportunity that events described in it have a bearing on the organizations you are courting. The Wall Street Journal is also important to read per day. Know enough about the business of the organization to recognize what issues of the day might affect its victory. This includes knowledge of the competitive marketplace; you should be able to name and speak confidently about at least two of the organizations competitors.

Be careful not to sound like a know-it-all. The person interviewing you already has a job-and so, you want to display respect for them and their accomplishments.  The knowledgably employer will always hire the best person for the job, even if that means hiring someone smarter than he or she is. That doesn't change the fact that young, driven employees with greater intelligence or capability can effortlessly threaten older colleges. Be an emotionally intelligent job finder and be sensitive to the insecurities, if any, around you.

Anticipate and have a response to every conceivable question. If you already get the worst-case scenario ("Please tell a situation in which you failed at something important") and you have a well-rehearsed answer, then you have little to worry about. Write out the questions you anticipate and ask a family member or friend to run you through a series of mock interviews. Have these sessions videotaped; you'll be shocked by your body language. Any senior inter- viewer will be aware of your body language, so you should pay attention to controlling it.

Your interview begins with the clothes you wear and running through to the thank-you letter you write the same day of the interview. Be polite to everyone you meet, including the support staff (often the receptionist is one of the savviest and most-liked members of any staff). Everybody already holding a job at the rigid is judging you, so your behavior is most important with others. Everyone at the firm with the respect you would want to see from a job finder. Start with strong and end strong.

Many job searching express dismay about not getting a job after an interview they thought had gone well. But you want to know that if you bomb in the first five minutes, the planning for moving forward typically follow one of two paths. Short of kicking you out of the interview room after the first five minutes, the next best way to make the following 25 minutes or so as painless as probable for the interviewer,  is to maintain interactions  as frank as possible. Some of the best interviews are the ones where you're pushed to the boundary and forced to answer-not the ones where you keep in friendly conversation.

Don't let the first five minutes kill your candidacy. Most employers build a decision in the first minutes of meeting you and then expend the rest of the interview gathering data to support their gut sensitivity. Practice your opening salvo and anticipate a multiplicity of questions. Make the right and best first impression and ride that victory until the last few minutes- then end strong one. Take the initiative and ask what the next steps are.

Don't ask stupid questions.  Yes, there is such a thing as a stupid question. And the craziest questions are the ones you ask at the end of the interview that would needs another 30 minutes for the recruiter to respond.  Avoid questions that can be answered easily by reading the organization marketing literature or annual report. Circumvent questions that are best asked after an offer has been made. Do not talk about money until asked or the end of the interview cycle.