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