| There is nothing I hate more, than attending a job | | | | out about you, and what's more fascinating than |
| interview. They are a necessary evil, no doubt, but I | | | | talking about yourself. |
| have always dreaded them. It seems to me that all | | | | When I answer job interview questions, I try to be |
| you do is show that you are good or bad at job | | | | calm and collected. I have had some success with |
| interviews, and not whether you are good at the job | | | | meditation exercises before going into the interview. |
| you're a candidate for. | | | | Some people do the much optional technique of |
| Some job interviewers approach the interview very | | | | imagining the interviewer in his or her underwear. I |
| systematically, reading up on techniques, psychological | | | | tried this once and got a fit of the giggles. |
| profiling and so on. For the candidate, you must know | | | | Unsurprisingly, I did not get the job. Try to think of it |
| how to answer job interview questions. | | | | as a conversation between equals, rather than a job |
| A job interview is the art of telling people what you | | | | interview. |
| think they want to hear. Having said that, there must | | | | The bad situation in which to answer job interview |
| be a degree of honesty here. We all exaggerate our | | | | questions is when you really don't want the job. In |
| experience and skills a bit from time to time, but | | | | my younger days when getting a job was a case of |
| remember that if you claim to have a four year track | | | | needing cash quickly, I went for all manner of |
| record of flying passenger airplanes, you will need to | | | | different positions. |
| back it up later on. | | | | When this is the situation, they always seem to want |
| To answer job interview questions is to walk a thin | | | | you to answer job interview questions like, why did |
| tightrope. The questions tend to be designed to find | | | | you choose their particular company. You have to |
| out lots of different information. For example, are | | | | quickly come up with an answer. Out of all the |
| you a good team player and do you also enjoy | | | | companies manufacturing ball bearings in the world, |
| working alone? Do you like to lead and are you good | | | | why did I choose them. Tough one. |
| at following instructions? | | | | To answer job interview questions is an art. In the |
| Sometimes, I have been so nervous at job | | | | end, the only person you can be is yourself. Trying |
| interviews that I don't listen properly which make it | | | | to be who they want you to be is hard to maintain, |
| difficult to answer job interview questions at all. In | | | | especially if it's a panel of interviewers peering at you. |
| fact, the key is to swallow your nerves and listen | | | | Each job interview gets easier. Well, it's slightly |
| carefully. Otherwise, you'll have to wing it. The | | | | preferable to going to the dentist. |
| questions are not there to trip you up, but to find | | | | |