Week 5: 16 Tips For A Job Interview

Hey Everyone, So we are flying by in the chapters and were off to chapter 4! Interviews are pretty nerve wrecking and we either shine in them or completely sink. This chapter however is a great way to prepare yourself for an interview. There are 16 tips the author provides you with for an interview. The names of tips I took and reworded in an easier manner to read. So lets get started.
1. There are no such things as employers.

2. PREPARE before you enter the interview! Know what you are talking about.

3. Honor Agreements. Pretty much let them know how much of their time your using and be precise and instead of saying you need 20 minuets of their time say 19 minuets. You are really serious and know their time is precious as well as yours.

4. An interview is like a date. So what do you do on a date but collect information. If the person has what you are looking for then you continue to see them. So in a interview they are collecting information about you vise versa and seeing what they have to offer.

5. Questions to expect from them, then questions you can ask.

6. The 50/50 rule. Don't hog the conversation. Its about sharing, you share ideas as well as the other person. Simple enough?

7. The 20 second or 2 minute rule. When an employer asks you a question get to the point but don't give them less than what they want to hear.

8. Risk! Employers do not want to hire you and then find out that you didn't work out. So you need reassure them that you are not going anywhere.


9. It's the small things that count. You do not want to scare an employer. Its all about the way you present yourself!

10. Claim your skills. You need to be on the ball and you need to posses the skills that they are looking for.

11. Bring evidence of your skills. So if you are a artist seeking to be an illustrator or a make up artist bring one of your samples and impress.

12. No BAD MOUTHING! Do not talk bad about your previous employer. You need to represent yourself in a respectable way.

13. The past is the past. Employers only want to know your past to predict how you will be in the future. Its more of insurance to them.

14. Tenses count. Know your past and present tenses. Where did you go to high school? Tell me about your current job. Notice how one is in past and one is in present tense.

15. Remember the 5 questions as you are wrapping up the interview. ( Can you offer me this job?, When may I expect to hear from you?, When is the latest I would hear from you?, Can I contact you if I don't hear from you?, Only if the first question is no then you can ask if there is anyone looking for someone with your skills.) LASTLY!

16. Send a thank you note to the employer and most people always forget to do this.

 Its a lot to gather but these tip will you go forward in life and with being an expert in job interviewing. If you master these tips then an employers will start noticing you.