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Interview tips – Dos and Don’ts

DO

  • Find out as much as possible about the Company and the role before you go.
  • Go to solve the employer’s problems.
  • Be an equal.
  • It’s your meeting as well.
  • Make sure you secure another meeting.
  • Think carefully before you answer every question.
  • Indicate to the employer how you are going to do the job.
  • Tell them about your achievements and skills.
  • Show them your folder.
  • Be positive and proud throughout.
  • Highlight your strengths.
  • Give the employer plenty of reasons to want, eventually, to offer you the job.

DON’T

  • Attend any interview without proper research and preparation.
  • Go to the meeting just to get a job.
  • Behave like a subordinate.
  • Forget that getting another interview is your main reason for being there.
  • React to questions by saying the first thing that comes into your head.
  • State, or imply, that there is any part of the job you cannot do.
  • Be too modest about your successes.
  • Give negative vibes about your abilities.
  • Volunteer your weaknesses.
  • Provide any ammunition that might cause you to be rejected.

 

Good Luck!

 

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