Comments on: Interviewing Tips

By: daria

daria — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:06:00 +0000

Sorry to jump in so late, but thanks for these tips! I’ve got a few interviews coming up (read: VERY NERVOUS), but these helped me get in a more confident mindset, so that hopefully I can rock all of them. And, congrats on your job!

By: Xibee

Xibee — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:35:00 +0000

I actually got a job by wearing a dress (a grey, very conservative looking dress with a collar/ribbon tie sort of top). I walked into a temp agency recommended to me, and the youngish girl took one look at my age and dress and then at my long list of lawfirm experience and said “We’ve got the PLACE FOR YOU!”. Since I’d been out of work in another city and temping for a while, I didn’t believe that in the slightest, but they weren’t kidding. It was a conservative old-school company, and they knew it. Worked there three months temping and got hired on even though I was actually the most un-conservative one there.

I’ve been regretting wearing that dress for four years now, but at least it paid for a lot of my furniture and a new car.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:38:00 +0000

Glad the interview went well – you’re bang on that personality and ‘chemistry’ is so much a bigger part of interviewing now. I’ve been hiring for over 10 years, the last 5 years as a recruitment consultant, and can honestly say I work much harder at find roles for people who I get along with than those who pick their nose at an interview. True!

By: Franca Bollo

Franca Bollo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:12:00 +0000

This one’s a keeper. Thank you! And I’m happy for you that it went well.

By: Bossy Betty

Bossy Betty — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:22:00 +0000

I know I’m late to this discussion, but here’s what got me through. I had a keychain with my sons’ name on it and I put it where i could see it, just to remind me what was really important. It helped put the whole job thing in perspective. Getting the job would be nice, but these people represented on the keychain were what mattered.

By: rhea delisle

rhea delisle — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:08:00 +0000

Once I asked a trio of interviewers what they liked most about the workplace and after a couple of non-answer answers (“uh, I don’t know) watched the two guys get reprimanded in front of me for not giving decent answers, and then forced into answering the question. I was so embarrassed for them and figured what their answers really were anyways (they really didn’t like their jobs!?). Talk about uncomfortable, and slightly scary.

By: Maggie Madison

Maggie Madison — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:17:00 +0000

Just tell them you collect jobs for a hobby and would love to add this one to your collection.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:14:00 +0000

Dude, you have a great body and pretty face. Go naked.

By: wombat

wombat — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:31:00 +0000

"From the interviewer's point of view it is all about them."

Yes. This is why the "don't want the job" trick is good. It focuses my mind on asking questions rather than answering them, which makes the interviewer think that I find them fascinating.

But, hey, don't let the job interfere too much with blogging, OK?

By: Deedledeedee

Deedledeedee — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:54:00 +0000

Good Luck ! And I too say act like you don’t want the job too too much. Ask all the questions, definitely act interested and I like that bit about asking for the next step in the process but don’t be nervously eager (that’s me). They are looking for the cool reassurance that you are walking in to make their lives easier. I always ask what the first projects that will need attention are and I really liked that comment about “what does success in this position look like”.

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