Monday, February 16, 2009

Oneword in 60 Seconds - Interview

Like a first date this is the most ruthless, cut-throat event an individual can ever undertake. You need to say all the right things and tweak every single response that you say to give you an edge over the next candidate, whgo like you, is probably not representing themselves, merely representing what they think or believe the interviewer wants to see. I've been to scores of interviews and have become fairly comfortable with them, and you can jhust tell when things arent going well. I've also interviewd at least a dozen canditateds for various jobs and its amazing how judgemental you have to be. Even the best cnadidate for any job may blow there chances due to one glaring mistkae - be it having tgrouble finding a carpark, missing a spot shaving, by having sweaty hands, by laughing nervously or even by ellaborating or embelishing ever so slightly. There is a fine line between selling and over-selling one self. Practise, research and more practise are the only ways to get through an interview successfully.

1 comment:

Gaz said...

Hope this doesn't embarrass you, Jen, but I find the best thing to do with a new employee is to size them up with a long, hard stare.