Be Prepared:
Prepare answers for the most frequently asked interview questions. In particular, those questions that you may find difficult to answer and work out how you will cope with them. Time permitting, a mock interview may be a good idea. While you cannot completely rehearse your performance, many candidates find simply staging the interview scenario of use. If you have access to a camcorder, why not video yourself and play it back - you may surprise yourself.Whether or not you land the job you want often depends on your skills in marketing your potential. Don't miss out on that perfect job due to a lack of interview preparation and practice.
Telling the interviewer what you think they want to hear:
If you assume an employer-employee relationship will be a long-term one, it makes sense for both parties to be candid and open with each other from the start. Rather than approaching an interview with the goal of getting the job, look upon your initial contact as a vehicle for finding out if the organisation, management and position are exactly what you were looking for. Too many job seekers pride themselves on winning the offer whether or not they want the job.
Assuming the interviewer holds all the access :
Many job seekers do assume that a potential employer has his/her act totally together and are giving too much credit and too little empathy. Put yourself in his/her shoes for a moment and you will realise that the employer has as much at stake in the interview as you.
Questions:
Good questions serve two important functions in an interview. Firstly, they give you the information you need to make an intelligent decision about the position and, secondly, they impress your interviewer.
Focusing on Experience rather than Benefits :
Anyone who has taken a sales course knows a potential buyer is more interested in how you can benefit him than how your product or service works. This is also true of a potential employer. While discussing your experience is useful, it isn't nearly as intriguing to an interviewer as how your background and skills will apply to his particular situation and to how you can benefit the employer.
