Job interview tips to help you prepare for your next interview.
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- How do you prepare for a job interview?
- What should you do and not do at your next job interview in 2024?
- Keep in mind the product that you are marketing is you.
Job interview tips for 2024
Prepare for different job interview scenarios and questions such as what is your greatest weakness.
- Research the company before you attend your interview.
- Prepare and practice. As the more you prepare, the better success you will have.
- Dress professionally in a professional business outfit.
- Plan to arrive a few minutes early.
- Turn off your cell phone prior to attending the interview.
- Introduce yourself in a courteous manner.
- Have a firm handshake.
- Stand straight and make eye contact.
- Be prepared to respond to open-ended questions. Such as tell me about yourself.
- Sit erect and lean forward in the chair, to show your interest.
- Be a good listener, as well as a good communicator.
- Give them reasons to buy, by focusing what you can bring to the organization.
- Talk about specific achievements.
- Plan to ask questions, as asking questions gives you the opportunity to show your interest. Also, it gives you the opportunity to find out if this Company is the right place for you.
- At the end of the interview, ask about the next step in the process.
- Thank the interviewer for his/ her time and for the opportunity.
- Some companies ask you to come in for a second interview. While other companies ask you to come in for a third interview. So, apply the same tips as above. Also, be consistent in your answers with the answers you gave previously.
- Thank the interviewer by sending a thank-you letter to everyone you have spoken to.
- If you haven’t heard from the employer within the time frame given to you, follow up.
What not to do at your next interview
- Don’t make negative remarks about your present or former bosses.
- Never inquire about salary, vacation or bonuses, in the initial interview. Avoid providing a salary range and delay providing an expected or desired salary. You will be in a stronger position once they decide to hire you.
- Turn off your cell phone off. So don’t answer calls and don’t go into the interview with a ringing phone.
- Explain whenever possible. So don’t respond with a simple yes or no.
- Don’t be arrogant.
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We’ll be adding phone job interview tips and answers for 2024.
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