Here's A Job Interview Tip For You...

Here's a job interview tip and word of warning about interviewing:

Don’t assume that the person you interview with actually knows what they are doing.

Conducting job interviews isn’t easy and when a company puts the interview process in the hands of people who aren’t very good at it – which they often do – you are left answering silly questions like “if you were an animal, which one would you be?”

Or they might open the interview with the classic question that isn’t actually a question:

“Tell me about yourself.”

Becoming an expert with various job interview techniques will enable you to ensure you can handle anything that is thrown your way during the course of an interview.

The problem with the job interview process is that in many cases, you find yourself going through the motions answering lame questions from people who you won’t even be working with directly should you get hired, who don’t really add any value. You leave the interview feeling underwhelmed with the company and/or job.

I’ve seen numerous situations where a person goes into a job interview very excited about their prospects only to feel underwhelmed by the job, hiring manager and company when they exit the interview.

That’s not to say that you can’t do something about it, though.

Using learned job interview techniques to respond to this sort of situation will ensure you get your questions answered so that you don’t incorrectly turn down a job opportunity because the interviewer “undersold” the job and turned you off because of their incompetence.

This is another important job interview tip you should remember.

An interviewer who isn’t very skilled is basically asking you to take control of the interview which is good news for you…if you know how to handle this situation.

What’s the scariest part of an interview especially when it’s for a job you really want?

The thought that there might a question(s) that you can’t answer.

If an unskilled interviewer allows you to control the interview or at least take the lead, you can maximize the opportunity to highlight your strengths and minimize the chances you run into questions you can’t handle.

At the end of the day, the correlation between your performance in the job interview(s) and your ability to do the job is usually negligible.

Still, the job interview is the standard method humans use to determine a job searcher’s suitability for a particular position and company.

Some companies and hiring managers do a better job than others but you’ll probably find that more often than not, interviews cover the same standard questions with a few industry/job-specific ones thrown in to round it out.

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