DAY BEFORE INTERVIEW

At last you have chosen the position you have dreamt about all your
life. You have chosen the best variant among all possible offers, among
all the monotonous and senseless job positions. The choice you have made
will help you to gain a moral profit, deep emotional and financial
satisfaction. But the race is not finished yet. You have to be interviewed
before getting the job. Do you know how to fail in the interview? There
are four pieces of advice how to fail and how to succeed and get a job.
Concentrate on the sad things before the interview
Probably you are the best candidate for the position. But if you feel
blue and pessimistic about the forthcoming interview the employer will
hardly ever understand that you are the only person he was looking for.
You may look professional but killing your cheerfulness by your sad
facial expression, you will fail.

To avoid such situations try the following tactics:

The day before the interview rehearse to answer all possible questions.
Ask your friend to help you. Be opened for the critics. Try to sound
confident but not too self-confident. The hour before the interview look
through your CV, and refresh in your memory all your successes and
experience connected with your professional life. Half an hour before the
interview make a deep breath and say that I have been even in bigger
troubles. You will have lots of interviews during your life. Prove your
ability to keep calm and composure in every situation. Five minutes
before the interview try to recite you favorite poem or the letter from your
best friend - it will help you to concentrate on the subject of the
interview. During the interview think about positive sides of your life.
Remind yourself about the successful work and getting the position you
have dreamt about.

Do not be creative.

All the interviewers have the same trait - they like to ask all the
employees the same questions. And the most common question is to speak
about you. It is doubtful that you will amuse the employer by quoting your
CV. The employer would better hire the person who will tell interesting
facts from his biography than the one who will read his CV. slightly
copying the manner of speech and behavior of your interviewer and you
will succeed.

Say the things that come to your mind at the moment of the dialog.

Answering the questions without thinking it over, you make an
impression of a hypocrite. And the employer will think that you are not
dependent on the list of paper and you do not spend enough time to answer the
question and to cope with your tasks. Some questions have to be thought
over thoroughly and need a small pause before the reply. But remember
that keeping silence may seem to be alert and nervous. There are
specific pauses that make your silly joke more acute, but there are pauses
that may help you to make this joke interesting and really hilarious. Your
interview is not an investigation; treat it like a smooth and balanced
dialog. To hold the tempo of the interview use the following tips.
Listen carefully, in most cases the most difficult and complicated
answers are hidden in the questions. Nervousness may distract you and you
will miss the main point of the question. Paraphrase or interpret the
question and it will help you to win the time. For example if you are
asked to say why your previous colleagues had problems in communicating
with you, you may say that you have never been told that it was difficult
to work with you. But I may accept that sometimes my colleagues may
have problems with me, I try to solve the problem of our relationship. Ask
different questions. Ask to explain the question. You may ask and think
about your reply. Surely you should avoid different: Could you please
repeat?"-questions.

Ignore the protocol of the interview.

There are a number of rules and settings for the interview.

Undoubtedly, it is important how you look like. But the interviewers do not pay
much attention to it. Nowadays the official style says that you should
wear the same clothes as your colleagues do. That is why you have to try
and show yourself. The signs of your individual personality attract the
interviewers. For example the story about how you coped with a
difficult situation may make a good impression. Most of the interviewers pay
much attention to your body language and the ability to keep an eye
contact. After the interview do not forget to phone and thank the employer
for the interview. It will be useful to ask about the decision the
interviewer made after the dialog. It will show your purposefulness and end
up your general image.