| Hi guys, | | | | interviews |
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| My name is Ian and I'm the author of an | | | | You've parked your car. You walk out of the |
| innovative ebook called Impress your | | | | car, fixing your attire in the little left |
| Interviewers. If you guys have been reading | | | | hand mirror of the car. You make sure you |
| the news, it seems that the job market is | | | | have all your papers. Then you go into the |
| only going to get worse. I'm here to try to | | | | building and up the escalator. You can feel |
| help as many people as possible. | | | | the nervousness creep up on you, and you |
| | | | haven't even reached the office yet. |
| I've been trying to learn all the techniques | | | | |
| for giving the best job interviews for the | | | | Finally you're there and now you're waiting |
| last 2 years. I've built relationships with | | | | to go into the job interview room. What the |
| HR managers and the professors at the Haas | | | | one thought going through your head? Oh God, |
| School of Business and I want to share 2 | | | | I hope I don't answer any question wrong! You |
| important techniques/tips that I have used to | | | | can see the result if you do answer any |
| get more successful job interviews. | | | | question though. You picture the job |
| | | | interviewer saying "hmm" in a confused "that |
| 1. Connecting with people vs. Being serious | | | | has nothing to do with what I asked" manner |
| and business-like (ie. Really really | | | | and jotting down the "death" notes. You're |
| professional) at the job interview | | | | finished. "NEXT!" |
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| Well guys, what's the intuitive thing to do? | | | | How do you avoid this? Well, you can't always |
| That's right, try to be serious and really | | | | know every question a job interviewer can ask |
| professional and answer questions in a | | | | no matter how many "common questions and |
| "business" manner. While it's good to have a | | | | answers" are listed online, but I'm confident |
| professional dress and a professional manner | | | | that you can have most (if not all) the |
| of speaking, it's not always good to put on | | | | answers. There's a good way to do this and it |
| the business-like persona at a job interview. | | | | starts way before the wait to go into the |
| | | | interview room. |
| Remember when your mom said "Be yourself?" | | | | |
| Well she was right for the most part. I | | | | Here's what you can do. The day before the |
| recently interviewed a high-level Marketing | | | | job interview, pull up two screens on your |
| professor at the Haas School of Business | | | | computer: 1. The job description and 2. Your |
| who's worked for big companies with Mattel | | | | resume. Now read the job description twice |
| and Clorox. She told me that what she looks | | | | and then go to your resume. Then |
| for is "chemistry", ie connection with the | | | | line-by-line, go through your resume and |
| other person when she was conducting a job | | | | relate it to the job description. Keep asking |
| interview. | | | | yourself, how does this relate to the job? |
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| So, when you guys in a job interview, are you | | | | Take as long as it takes! Take notes if you |
| trying to be serious, or are you trying to | | | | have to. If you rack your brain long enough, |
| make a real connection? Is there a smile on | | | | you can always find a way to link the two. |
| your face? Are you speaking enthusiastically | | | | This is true even if you have switched |
| about the position and about your past work | | | | careers. The knowledge you gained and the |
| experience? Are you using your hands to | | | | lessons you learned should still apply to the |
| express yourself? Or... Are you being stiff | | | | job interview. |
| and trying not to move and being real | | | | |
| emotionless. | | | | I hope you've gotten a lot of value out of |
| | | | these ideas. I invite you to come take a look |
| I'm currently in the job market myself and a | | | | at my website at where I have even more |
| goal I like to use nowadays is "how can I | | | | great free tips. I also I have a job |
| make this recruiter not only want to hire me, | | | | interview ebook that will teach you the |
| but like me enough want to be my friend?" I'm | | | | techniques and the tasty stuff to maximize |
| into building relationships for the | | | | your successful job interviews that will give |
| long-term. I suggest you keep the same goal | | | | you the incredible advantages over the |
| in mind. | | | | competition, which is great considering the |
| | | | job market we're going into. |
| 2. Resume Line-by-line technique for job | | | | |