| If you are offered the interviewers hand, end with a | | | | what was not. Remember you may have mentioned |
| firm, confident handshake (ensure you don't grip too | | | | numerous, valid and relevant points and hit on the |
| hard) and a self-assured smile. Even if you feel you | | | | main acceptable answers and these are the positive |
| could have improved on some aspects of the | | | | aspects that you should dwell upon. Just take a note |
| interview, a self-confident exit could go some way to | | | | of the plus points of your interview, for example, |
| salvaging the interview for you. Whether you think it | | | | how well you prepared, your interview technique, |
| or not you will convey this confidence to the | | | | positive answers you delivered and how you could |
| interviewer and you will leave a positive lasting | | | | improve in the future. By doing this you have |
| impression. | | | | reflected this on paper and ensures that you don't |
| Remain as professional as possible; remember the job | | | | forget these aspects for any future interviews |
| is not yours until you have been offered the post | | | | Waiting to hear about the job - The long wait |
| and signed your return copy of the contract! Thank | | | | It's all over! All the hard work is completed and any |
| the interviewer for the time that they have afforded | | | | nerves and tension of the whole process begin to |
| to you, say goodbye in a friendly manner and leave | | | | drift away. After you have made and received those |
| the room. Leave the interview as if it was an | | | | well wishing calls from your family and friends to find |
| absolute success. | | | | out how it went you begin to relax and you are glad |
| Whether or not you feel that the interview was a | | | | it is all over. |
| success or not, I suggest that you put it completely | | | | Well it is not. You have one final task to complete |
| out of your mind when you leave the room and only | | | | and then it's all over. |
| reflect on your performance at a later date. I've | | | | Write your thank you note to the employer outlining |
| done this myself and when you occupy your mind | | | | your thanks for their time and effort. I suggest you |
| too much on what you said or could have said it can | | | | do this as quickly as possible for three reasons. It |
| have a destructive impact on later job interviews you | | | | shows you are professional, well mannered and |
| may have. At the very least you should be confident | | | | shows that the job is important to you. While these |
| that it has provided you with tremendous preparation | | | | are all admirable qualities that the employer will look |
| for the next one. Like all interviews I suggest you | | | | for, in most cases, it will not influence the final |
| prepare in exactly the same way for any further | | | | interview decision, but you never know. On a more |
| interviews to follow. | | | | practical level the purpose of writing a thank you |
| I suggest that you go back and reflect on the | | | | letter is that you may be the only one who has |
| interview a few days later to determine how you | | | | made the effort to do so and therefore raise your |
| performed on the day. I always went over the | | | | profile within that organization. |
| particular areas where I felt I mentioned the wrong | | | | In turn, your name will unquestionably leave a |
| thing, gave an incomplete answer or there were | | | | long-lasting impact in the interviewers mind and give |
| things I wished I had said but left out. | | | | you a potential competitive edge over others in the |
| Don't worry about this, many people do this after | | | | future. So, take the time to write a short thank you |
| the interview and needlessly beat themselves up and | | | | letter the advantages for you are obvious. |
| over analyze every aspect of what was said, or | | | | |