The interview is probably the most exciting part of the job placement process, because it depends on this stage whether you get a job. Therefore, it is important to know how to properly prepare for the interview. If the preparation is given insufficient attention, then the likelihood of embarrassment at the interview increases many times.
What do you need to know during the interview?
So, you are invited to an employer for an interview, how can you prepare for it?
- Start preparing for a job interview with a short story about yourself. Most interviews (whether his recruiter or line manager conducts) begins with an offer to the applicant to tell about himself. If the candidate is not ready for such a question, then the story turns out to be inconsistent, the speech is indistinct, and the impression is greased. Often, talking about themselves, people pay more attention to their hobbies than professional qualities. You are interesting to the employer as a potential employee, that's why you have to mention hobbies in passing, and you need to cover your education, work experience and skills in more detail.
- Preparing for an interview with an employer must necessarily include finding information about the company in which you plan to work. Of course, at the beginning of the interview you will be given general information about the company, but it is desirable that you have additional knowledge. They can come in handy when answering other questions of the employer. Often candidates are offered to talk about their actions in a specific situation, without knowing the specifics of the company, it will be problematic to do this.
- What else should I look for when preparing for a job interview? In his own manner of speaking - a quiet voice, slurred speech and the desire to look smarter than others can play with you a cruel joke. According to statistics, candidates are most often denied precisely for these reasons, and not because of a lack of professional knowledge.
- How to prepare for an interview in English? In principle, here you are waiting, all the same - a story about yourself, uncomfortable questions, maybe tests, - naturally in English. Therefore, you should not panic, you know English well and do not forget that you need to speak about the education you have received in the past, and the polite question of the HR manager "How are you today?" It should be said that everything is fine and thank the interlocutor (I'm well, thank you).
What should be prepared for the interview?
- Be ready to "sell" yourself, ask directly about the level of wages, talk about your expectations. Tell us about your successes and achievements, if your position assumes a portfolio, do not forget it, going for an interview. And to make a good impression on the employer, pay attention to the clothes - a pathetic appearance does not help you in obtaining a position. The outfit should correspond to the desired position - the candidate for the position of an ordinary accountant should not look like the financial director of this firm, but also be worn jeans and a stretched sweater, too. If your kind of "with a needle" was spoiled by a careless driver who sprinkled you, it is better to explain this in an interview, so that it is not perceived as untidiness.
- Often interview questions are asked tricky questions to see how the candidate will react in an unusual situation. These are requests to name your shortcomings, questions about the reasons for leaving your previous job, what your desire to work in this company is based on, what you see yourself in 2-3 years, etc.
Not bad, if you are preparing for an interview with the employer, you will work out the answers to such questions. - Stress-interviews, they also need to be ready. Often companies use this method, revealing the stress resistance of the candidate, although not all recruiters have the proper knowledge in this area. Therefore, sometimes stress interviews turn into frank rudeness on the part of the manager. If this happened to you, then think 10 times whether it is worthwhile to go to work in a company where such unskilled employees are engaged in recruiting personnel.