People in the know say that you can not avoid, at least once in your life, an interview with an employer. As is evident, many people don’t have the slightest inkling of the importance of this meeting with their potential employer. Some candidates fail to make a proper impression on the interviewer because of their unpreparedness, which may play a decisive role in hiring. Let me furnish you with a few tips on how to prepare for a job interview.
Erene
Emotions vs Impressions
First things first, you must always keep yourself emotionally composed. Well, I can imagine you full of the joys of spring after having received at last a long coming invitation to the interview. Howbeit, get real! To be shortlisted counts for little unless you are able to make a good impression on the employer. But even this doesn’t mean Bob’s your uncle. In a vein of a perfunctory overview, I suggest you be punctual at the appointment time, confident while talking them through your hand- on experiences.
Search, think and draft your intellectual map
Now, let me give you advice at length. Firstly, you should do your homework. What I mean by that, you can do research on the company. They must have a website where you can find a lot of useful information which can help you answer further at the meeting. Along with this, put your thoughts into words - make a bullet-point sketch for your pitch or a mind map. This will help you not to miss the essential information apart from your well written CV that has already been explored by them through and through before. Remember that any speech consists of an introductory statement in which you’ll earmark the reasons you have applied for this job, and other information about your education, previous working experience, and a narrow specialisation you are good at. Besides, metaphorically speaking, every Point must rub shoulders with relevant Examples.
At the interview
Once in front of the interviewer, you show your bang-unrealistically sound interest in the job. Tell them that you are a bona-fide worker. At the same time, it is appropriate to pour a formal speech with bits of humour when relevant, but don’t overdo it so as not to get a bit off a tangent . You mostly speak to the point and answer questions directly without beating around the bush, be consistent. Don’t forget about body language. Never gesticulate with your hands and arms as if you were blown by gusts of wind. You’d better make eye contacts instead, and smile, -- not neigh like a horse in the pasture, -- when appropriate. Where needed, give a concise explanation or at length if asked for details.
What to wear?
As an old adage goes, clothes count for first impressions only. Still, the way you are dressed is crucially important because it must work as an aftertaste to remember you. No freaks are approved of though, unless the context of the job. Now, jokes aside! So, you wear neutral and very neat clothes, better off a classical style. For women, don’t put on too much makeup. It’s better to be more natural and exquisite as it goes.
How to behave
As regards your behaviour, how well you’ll come across at the interview will influence the final decision of the employer. It’s highly advisable you should be polite, friendly, winsome to some degree, pithy and be willing to start the work as soon as requested. At the same time, don’t shrink from asking any questions of your interest pointing up working conditions and environment, career ladder prospects, perks and other privileges as well as social support, holiday breaks et cetera, everything that the company provides for its workers.
To put it in a nutshell, I recommend that you should shed all your inhibitions when it comes to making a good bargain. How you perform at the interview equates with how you sell yourself to the company. So, make an effective pitch for landing a good job.