Looking for a New Job; Preparing for the Interview Tips
When looking for a new job, something that causes anxiety in nearly everyone – regardless how qualified they are for the position – is the job interview process.
How NOT to Answer “What’s Your Greatest Weakness?”
There is one question that everyone hates to answer. A question that is difficult to overcome because you are never sure what the right answer is, never sure how to approach it, and it can be deadly to an otherwise successful interview. This question involves self assessment, a fine tuned answer, and a positive delivery. This
Avoid a Three-ring Circus With These New Interviewing Strategies
I referenced the circus because I just finished another interviewing book that recommends asking for the job before leaving the interview. I can envision up to 15 qualified professionals each asking the interviewer for the job. If each asks for the job, doesn’t that make the question null and void … cross out each other’s
Ten Tips For Successful Salary Negotiation
If you find it difficult talking about money, you’re not alone. Salary negotiations are often dreaded, but it helps to remember that it’s a business interaction just like any other. So prepare well, keep calm and use these top tips to make sure you do yourself justice:
5 Tips for Performing an Interview Follow-Up
If you just had a job interview, the worst thing you could do is wait for a call back without doing a follow-up. With so many people being unemployed, the job market is more competitive. This means you have to do more to make yourself memorable to employers. In order to help in this process,
Skeletons in Your Closet: Coming Clean (or Not) in an Interview
Whether you’re a recent graduate or a seasoned professional, you may have something unsavory in your past — at least insofar as a recruiter or human resources director is concerned. Honesty is a good policy, overall, but is it always in your interest to solicit certain unsavory information in the midst of an interview?
Common Interview Surprise: Inappropriate Questions
More than half of job seekers today have been asked an illegal question during a job interview. That eye-opener comes from our online poll, in which 62% of respondents reported being on the receiving end of a question about a verboten topic, such as one’s religion or marital status. Almost a third (32%) had not
15 Toughest Interview Questions (and Answers!)
1. Why do you want to work in this industry?
Sample Thank You Letters
Sample Thank You Letter: Recent Graduate Recruiting
Answering the Weaknesses Question
What’s your greatest weakness? This query has been an enduring weapon in the hiring manager’s arsenal, but most people still have trouble with the dilemma it poses: answer too frankly, and you’ll torpedo your prospects. Give a canned answer and you’ll seem phony, or worse, evasive (“My greatest weakness is that I’m a perfectionist and
Pass the Telephone Screen
Not all interviews are face to face. If you’re conducting a long-distance career search or need to talk to a manager who’s not in town, you may undergo a phone interview. By conducting preliminary phone interviews, employers save money and shorten the hiring cycle. An HR professional may call a candidate with a stellar resume
Interviewing Don’ts
Just as important as what to do, what to say, and how to act in an interview is what not to do, what not to say, etc. Here are some tips to help you avoid that fumble.
Following Up After the Interview
When you leave an interview, you should leave the building as gracefully as you entered it. Make sure you’re as cordial to people on the way out as you were coming in. Then, as you decompress, take some time to review the interview while it’s still fresh in your mind. Because interviewing is a learnable
The Art of the Interview
If the very word “interview” makes your palms sweat and your head itch, then take a deep breath, sit down and read this easy step-by-step guide to acing the interview. Dress appropriately. This one may seem basic, but it’s easier said than done. Before you start your rounds of interviews, be sure to have a
Your Office Coach: Put away the laptops when interviewing job candidates
Q: I am trying to decide whether I should feel offended by my last job interview. The format was a panel discussion with three interviewers, including two young men in their 20s and a woman in her 60s. The woman was friendly, attentive and interested in my answers. The guys brought laptops and typed continuously
A job interview on a Ferris wheel? Um, OK
CHICAGO — As if job interviews weren’t stomach-churning enough, imagine sitting through one while looping around a giant Ferris wheel. Last month, top executives from ad agency Havas Worldwide commandeered six gondolas of the Ferris wheel at Chicago tourist hotspot Navy Pier to interview job candidates for several dozen positions, giving each applicant two revolutions