Interview Tips
Interview Tips – Common interview mistakes
White Lies – It may be tempting but it does not work. Certainly you can gloss things up but outright lying does not pay. “If you tell the truth, you never have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain
Negativity towards current company or boss – This paints a poor picture and employers don’t like to hear it. They can trick you into taking this road. Your interview is not the time to criticise previous employers or managers
No manners – What dictates rude or manners – bit subjective. Play with caution at interview and remain professional. Remember to be polite to everyone you meet on the day.
General complaining – Again interviewer do look on this kindly. Remember your interview is a short window to sell yourself. Complaining will not support this.
Discussing work colleagues – Quite often you will be asked about previous examples of conflict, how you deal with it and how you deal with other workers. This is not an opportunity to let loose on a rampage of character assassinations. Hold back on all that built up anger until you get back to the office!!
Poor preparation – Analyse the job, the job description and your CV before interview.
Nerves – Yes it is ok to be nervous and most people are BUT some hide it better than others. There are exercises to improve confidence and proper preparation will boost this anyway. You can fake confidence.
Poor first impression – Very difficult to come back from this.
Lack of company knowledge – A definite no-no. This says I am not interested or I don’t know what I want.
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November 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Those are all interview killers. Unfortunately as your title suggests, they are common mistakes that keep well qualified people from reaching their potential at jobs they should have gotten. People need to approach interviewing like anything else that is new. Understand that they do not know everything and do a great deal of prep work. Instead most people treat the event casually thus wondering why they did not get the position. Like that should even be a question if you do any of the list listed above.
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