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SteelofUtah -> RE: tips for job interview (4/9/2008 10:01:52 AM)
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As an Interviewer and former Management of a staff of nearly 200, I can tell you the following.
If you want to get the job make sure you do the following.
The Resume:
If you have them only use your MOST GLOWING Letter of recomendation and only at a job that you were at for more than 2 years. If it is less than that it will be belived you were friends with the person who wrote the letter and it will be ignored anyway.
All Resume with more than one page are Automatically Thrown out, by me anyway, In Management Training it is suggested as a sign that you will talk excessivly about yourself making you overly freindly with your co-workers meaning you will get less production out of them because they are talking more.
ONLY put the Information that is Pertinent to the Job you are applying for (When I am seeking employment I make a different resume for each place I apply at so that they only see that I am the PERFECT choice as all I am is what they are looking for)
You will USUALLY be asked to fill out an application they aren't always necessary some companies are legally required to have you fill out an application due to EOE, however most of the time the application is used to verify information on your resume make sure the date MATCH otherwise you will be considered a liar and not hired.
During the Application Process:
There are 4 hardball questions that get asked at nearly EVERY interview here they are.
- Why should we hire you?
- What are your 3 greatest strengths and what are you 3 greatest weaknesses?
- How do you deal with conflict in the work place?
- Why do you want to work here?
Now there are variations on thes questions as well as others that require the same kind of answer. If you say the words "I Don't Know" at all or "Ummm" more that three times. I threw your application away. Only YOU CAN know the answers to these questions. If you don't know then we can assume you are floating aty this point in your life and not going to stay for long nor be as productive as someone who does know.
To Question 1, ALWAYS state that it is because you are more driven than anyone else they will see today, that you are a harder worker, and/or that you will be a better asset to the company in the long run. THIS IS ABOUT BEING COCKY, Show them that you have drive to be the BEST that you can be and that they would be STUPID Not to hire you, just never say that. Also NO NEGATIVITY Never put people down in an interview it shows you are shallow and pety.
To Question 2, Your three strengths should always be related to WHAT THAT COMPANY DOES!!! and your three weaknesses should always be Positive things in disguise. Say things like you Can Obsess over a problem till you solve it or that You find you can be a little picky wanting to make sure things are perfect that failing is never an option for you. These Positive Weaknesses offer the employer little to fault you on.
To Question 3, The word EMPATHY is what the employer is working for, that you can put yourself in to someone elses shoes and STILL try to find a Respolution . Sympaty is a BAD word especailly in Customer Service Based Business even sympathetic comments like, I would feel bad for them, or I would be upset that they were angry would get you no further with me.
To Question 4, Career is the PERFECT word to use, explain that you are seeking a career and that you believe your skill would benifet the company just as much as thier experince in your chosen career field would help you. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you NOT compliment the company in this situation, They want to know that you WANT to work for them not that you simply applied for a position.
Finally, many companies will hire you on the spot unless they are fielding for a professional for a position. If this is the case inform them that you will call back to see it any decisions have been made in 7 days time or at the first of the week following the interview.
MAKE SURE YOU GET
Hiring Managers Name
Interviewers Name
Company Name, Phone Number, and Address. (This you can get from the phone book)
PROPER Position Title
When you leave go home and write a letter thanking them for the time they took to interview you as well as a recap as to why you want to work for them and what your best qualifications were.
I have hired people who were not as qualified as others JUST because the mailed me a thank you letter. I was more willing to train someone who had DRIVE to work for me than I was someone who thought they had nothing left to learn about thier chosen profession.
Hope that helps.
If you want more Tips just Mail me on the other side.
Steel
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