JOB INTERVIEW TIPS

Interviewer is neither your friend nor your enemy. He just likes to know you in a very short period of time. Your career is not only thing on stake; his reputation too is. Today’s market is little more inclined toward employers as compared to job seekers. When you are on interview table; consider yourself in war field because Interview is an art that need combination of patience, understanding, knowledge and communication skills. If you are well equipped with these tools; you can over shine your interviewer.

Every hiring manager looks for four basic needs that must be met before brunching into further technical assessments. These needs are as follows

1. Your attitude toward Job
2. Are you going to stay for a period of time?
3. How much you cost them?
4. Analyze your need with his needs

Be cautious at these sorts of questions and do never give hardcore figures and demands but some diplomatic standpoint. Afterwards, Interviewer usually ask basic questions like

1. Tell me about yourself
2. What do you know about this company
3. Why you are choosing this company
4. Why leaving your parent company
5. What are your interests and hobbies

These sorts of questions usually are the key of your success and failure. People usually take these questions very lightly but let me again tell you to prepare well for these questions especially first question i.e. Tell me about yourself. This question is an opportunity for you to totally change the mood of interviewer. Your answer drives your whole next interview. Try to give him detailed answer of this question and focus on professionalism rather telling him stories about your girl friends and pets. He will be least interested in your girlfriends and wife; I am not leaving exceptions for some special interviewers or job fields. Try to give him full exposure of your skills, knowledge areas, future plans and your interest in current job. The better you answer this question; the better will be your chances of winning. The next is your skill and knowledge area assessment level. You need to focus well on your strength and try to answer well and be straight forward in telling him that you don’t know answer for few questions and excuse him for that rather bluffing him.

Employer usually asks you to pose some questions at the end of the interview. Do not hesitate to ask any question but question should be job related and intelligent. Let me quote a question for you

• As you know that I am really looking for better career curve. Leaving the salary and perks part aside; I just like to know about the knowledge curve you are offering me other then financial side.

At the end, I must say that we are here to exert our efforts with loyalty and you must not lose hope due to few bad interviews. Learn from your past interview failures and fly toward next by eliminating the past mistakes.

GOOD LUCK