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If you are to have any chance of standing out at job interviews you need to be prepared.  As a minimum make sure that you:

1. Do some background research into the organisation you are being interviewed by.
2. Understand the key challenges facing the organisation or the industry in which it operates.
3. Have two or three really strong questions to ask the interviewers about the business and progression opportunities.

With information so freely available these days there really is no reason not to be prepared for a job interview.  So start setting yourself up for success at job interviews.

In any job interview there are two questions that are almost certain to be asked:

1. What are your strengths?
2. What are your weaknesses or areas you need to develop?

So how can you discover your strengths and development needs?

1. Self assess or reflect personally on your strengths and development needs based on your performance to date in different areas.
2. Seek feedback from others formally and informally
3. Take some form of assessment or profiling such as Myers Briggs

By taking these three simple steps you can give yourself a real edge in job interviews.