Thursday, April 2, 2009

Job interview – Loose the interview in Six indirect ways

Job interview is intended to see your compatibility to the future employer specifically to the manager you will be reporting to and other team members.

Here are six accidental ways to loose the job interview


  • Inappropriate or Unsatisfactory Answers – Most of us prepare hard for the interview but make sure to build an answer that is satisfactory and appropriate.

  • Accidental inappropriate behaviors – We all have in some behaviors that are part of our reflexes try hard to avoid them example “picking nose” .

  • Contradicting your Resume – There is nothing worst than Contradicting what you say on interview than what is written in resume .
  • Tell an inappropriate joke – This happen when the interview is friendly and we some times tent to go over board and tell an inappropriate joke that will cost you the job

  • Press hard to get the interview – We all desperately need job however if we press hard the employer that can back fire. Remember the objective of the interview is to get you to the next level try to focus on selling your skills and your fitness to the organization .

  • Ask dump questions or no questions at all – This is the most common mistake made by candidate in interview and can be avoided by preparing ahead.

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