Doing Your
Homework
Most
candidates will tell you that they prepare for interviewing by doing their
homework on the company through online research of the company website and
industry reviews, candidates gather basic, relevant information about the
organization’s mission statement and basic history. But does that really help
win the interview, doubtful. The interviewer is a representative of the company
and likely knows much more than solely online research will produce; therefore
impressing them with public-knowledge is not likely the homerun of
interviewing.
Know
Yourself
It’s not
just about demonstrating your ability to transfer your talents towards the
benefit of this new organization, it’s about effectively sharing your
experience and discussing the decisions you made throughout your professional
history. Your resume highlights the who, what, when and where, and it is now up
to you to detail and support how and why things were as they were. Knowing
yourself and the key roles you played will keep you on point.
Have No
Regrets
No one
knows your experience better than you do, so stand tall and firm. Interviewers
are creatively finding new ways of trying to dissect your rationale, engage
your thinking processes and gage your response, but don’t let them rattle your
cage. Asking a range of questions like if you could have any job in the world,
what would it be, or when did someone anger you on the job, or what has been
your biggest professional failure, is par for the course. These questions are
meant to shake things up. Stay calm and respond with a cool head, always
keeping in mind that this is an interview and it’s probably best to be a
choiceful author and have no regrets.
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