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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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