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Interviewing

Do's:

  • Research the company
  • Prepare small talk topics or look for items in the interviewers office to ask about on a personal level
  • Prepare the night before. Think of questions you may be asked and rehearse in a mirror
  • Be early - 5 minutes is fine but not more than 10 minutes, you don't want the interviewer to feel pressured to start the interview early
  • Bring multiple clean copies of your resume and references 
  • Dress professionally
  • Give them every reason to hire you
  • Smile
  • Greet the interviewer with a handshake
  • Stand up straight
  • Mimic the position the interviewer takes
  • Laugh if a joke is funny
  • Accept water if offered
  • Prepare questions:
    • What a "day in the life" is like?
    • What are they looking for in an employee?
    • Why would you want to work there?
    • What do employees like best about working there?
  • Ask about what to expect next
    • Ask about what the next steps in the the process will be
  • Follow-up with Thank you notes (ask for the interviewer's business card)
  • Follow-up with a phone call if no answer or update within 7 days of the interview

Don'ts:

  • Be late. Excuses at interviews demonstrate a lack of motivation
  • Give them any reason to eliminate you from consideration
  • Oversell yourself or embellish
  • Act over confident or be cocky
  • Eat "smelly foods" the day of or the night before an interview
  • Make inappropriate jokes or use foul language
  • If you are interested in the opportunity, DON'T walk away without letting the interviewer know that you are interested


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