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The Interview

Your goal of the interview is twofold, to determine if the opportunity is right for you and to ultimately receive a work offer. This offer you can choose to accept or decline.

By the end of each interview, make sure you have demonstrated succinctly and persuasively:

• Why you are interested in this position?
• What can you offer?

1. Prepare for your interview

• Visit the website of the company and learn about its products and services
• Make sure you know how to get to the interview. If you are unfamiliar with the route or do not know the destination, then we recommend that you drive the route a day early to ensure your navigation on the interview day. Don't rely on directions or maps from the Internet!

2. Be prepared when the interviewer asks: "Tell me about yourself?" Focus your answer on your background and a few professional and personal accomplishments. Give a few specific references to previous successes or achievements for example: highly successful projects, ways you increased productivity, processes developed, systems installed, etc.

Be prepared to answer such questions as:

• Tell me about your background and accomplishments.
• How would you describe your most recent job performance?
• What are your strengths? Weaknesses?
• What interests you about our company?

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• What would I be expected to accomplish in this position?
• What are the greatest challenges in this position?
• How do you think I fit the position?

3. Plan on arriving 10 minutes before your scheduled interview time.

4. Bring extra copies of your resume

5. Dress for success. Men should wear a dark business suit, white shirt, conservative tie and polished black shoes. Women should wear a dress with jacket or professional pantsuit.

6. Show enthusiasm. Make eye contact with your interviewer. Maintain a consistent positive attitude through your interview.

7. Ask for business cards from the people you meet. You will need these cards for follow-up thank you notes.

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8. Answer questions by relating them to the position you seek. Present your attributes in a manner that demonstrates the benefits of your abilities. In other words show your interviewer what you can do for them. Mention specific accomplishments that show your abilities and determination to succeed in this job.

9. Be positive about your previous employers and managers. If you speak poorly of your present or previous employers, then the interviewer may feel that you would be disloyal to them also.

10. If you would like to work for this client then ask for the job in the interview. Common ways of asking for a job are listed below:

• "I'm very impressed with what I've seen here today. I have enjoyed learning about your company and its products or services. I am confident I could do an excellent job in the position."
• "I am very interested in the opportunity that you have outlined in this interview. What are the next steps in the interviewing / hiring process for me?"
• "I would really enjoy working with you and your company. How soon would you want me to start working on your team?"

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If you are not interested in the position or don't think the interview went well then don't let your feelings show. Often other positions become available that might be of interest to you and by leaving a positive impression you may be considered by them in the future.

Occasionally an interviewer, who is genuinely interested in you, may seem to discourage you as a way of testing your reaction. If you reach for the job it shows your true desire. If you don't chase after the position it may indicate a lower level of interest.

Thank the interviewer for his/her time and consideration.

Remember to send a hand written thank you note (personal) or email a note of thanks (less personal) to all those that you met.

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