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Try This Job Interview Preparation Formula
Job interviews are rightly challenging. After all the hiring organisation is making a significant investment decision. It’s also a big decision for you. Many candidates make a mistake in believing that it’s all about what you do on the day of the job interview. Of course it’s important to realise that about 80% of your success comes down to […]
Continue readingThe Value of Practising Your Answers To Questions Ahead of A Job Interview
Getting invited to interview for a job means you are much closer to getting offered the job. Of course there’s still a lot to do to make that a reality. One of the tasks I encourage people I work with to do is practice answering questions ahead of the job interview. Writing down or typing up answers is […]
Continue readingHow Many Potential Questions Should You Identify Ahead of A Job Interview?
Job interviews tend to follow a similar pattern. Typically 60-90 minutes for a first formal interview. In that time there’s a limit on how many questions you are going to be asked. Of course how many questions you will be asked and how many you need to be ready for is very different. Whenever I’m speaking about landing your […]
Continue readingDetermining What’s Really Critical To Success In A Role Before The Job Interview
Job interviews are becoming more and more challenging. There’s much more competition. Even getting to the job interview stage itself is challenging. Your application might not even get looked at by a human being initially if applicant tracking software is being used. If you have made it through the screening process and being invited to the job interview, your […]
Continue readingHow To Make Sure You Are A Serious Contender In Any Job Interview
Whether you like it or not, an interview with one or several people is the most common way employers decide who gets appointed to a particular role. When I am working with or speaking with people, they have a tendency to see the whole job interview process as a bit of a lottery. They will […]
Continue readingHow To Impress At Job Interviews
A job interview is still one of the most common approaches to deciding which candidate is successful and is appointed. Sometimes it can feel like it is a bit of a lottery but there are things you can do to impress at job interviews and stand out from the crowd. So how can you impress […]
Continue readingCareer: Being Prepared For Job Interviews
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: Do some background research into the organisation you are being interviewed by. Understand the key challenges facing the organisation or the industry in which it operates. Have two or three […]
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