Saturday, January 5, 2013

Steps for How Best to Face a Job Interivew and Be Successful

By Doug Shroud


Interviewing for a new position is a straightforward process. It could begin with a telephone call from a recruiter of simply submitting an application for a position you found that looks like a fantastic opportunity. This effort ends in being scheduled to join or participate in a call or phone interview. Assuming all goes well here, a call comes requesting a time to arrange an in-person interview. There, you find yourself sitting before the person who will make the final decision on who will be extended an offer for that fantastic opportunity you significantly want. Have you got the answer for how to face an interview and succeed?

Let's be fair, a few individuals will do well while others will be little more than another resume moved into the Don't HIRE pile. What segregates the two of them - being prepared. Straightforward sounding isn't it. I do make preparations for the interview you think to yourself. Reality is just like the interview is a process, so too is getting prepared for an job interview.

How well do you know the company you're interviewing with? What is their core business? How many staff have they got? Where is their company home office? Are they a privately owned or public company? Who is the current chief executive officer? How many years have they been in business? Do you actually know what their core values or mission statement are? Do you understand their company culture like?

There's no need to stress about all that you might be thinking, the actuality is you do.? It demonstrates a desire to be part of the corporation and the group.

What precisely are you applying for? Do you understand the role description and responsibilities? What are the talents which are an absolute must and those which are simply preferred? What is the difference? Did you have any questions or worries about the job? If that is so did you ask the corporate recruiter coordinating the interview process? Have you given any thought about questions you could like to ask in the interview about the job when the break presents itself?

When was the last time you totally reviewed your resume? What was your best accomplishment this far in your career and why? Why did you leave the position you listed three years back? What do you enjoy the most in your immediate position and least? What does your ideal job look like? This is a great leading question that hiring managers will then follow up with something like - interesting, it sounds like the position you had with the ABC company was just what you wanted, why did you decide to leave?

Then you'll face the task of answering questions targeted at the position itself. Why would you like to work for this company in this role? What would you say is your strongest strength and how is it going to benefit you in this role? What do you think is your strongest weakness and how will that impact you in this role? Do you to still remember what you were doing 10 years ago from the past in reasonable detail in your career and what your resume actually asserts?

What all this should have revealed is that how to prepare for an interview can't be left to chance, a beaming smile, or anything else that people think are a good shortcut. Preparation is the only secret to being a success. Failing to recognize this fact will doom you to failure. Do the things needed to be the best applicant for a job you can be. Consider the questions asked here and what you need to do to be in a position to respond to each and every one of them. Preparation is a process - commit to it starting right now.




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