How should I act at a professional interview?
I’m going on an interview today.. WHat are the things I should and shouldn’t do?? THis is my first professional interview and this job is the one that I really really would love to get.. Please help I’m going to be soo nervous and I don’t really know how to act.. I’m a really shy person but I want to look and sound confident in my abilities.. Please help..
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April 20th, 2010 at 11:14 am
first dress is important… keep looking at them in the eye and don’t back down… Never let them see you faulter.. do that in your car… If you want to get a professional job you need to act professionally.
Good luck
April 20th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
First things first, dress the part. It’s better to be overdressed then even slightly underdressed.
Be sure to be on time and prepared. Know about the position you are applying for including the salary, duties, and anything else. You want to seem knowlagable about the job.
Also, be sure that you guide the interview. Let them ask the questions, but be sure your answers take it where you want to go. You may have a lack of experience, but you can explain about other non-professional experiences you have that would compliment the job.
Never ever fidget! Keep eye contact but don’t stare down the interviewer. Relax.
Take a notepad and pen, you’ll seem much more prepared and ready for the position if you take notes.
Always ask questions! Even if you think you know everything, ask the interviewer something, then write it down on the previously mentioned notepad.
As soon as the interview is over and you leave, write them a thank you note. Short, sweet, to the point. Then several days later if you haven’t heard back from them, follow up by calling.
April 20th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Consider what the interviewer should and shouldn’t do, reason that the interviewer would really love to give you the job and tell him why, consider a game of body language and take the upper hand, consider that the interviewer is not confident unless or until he losses the game, when he says please help refuse