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Interviews Inside Out, Cont.
10. Do be
yourself. Don't play roles - you are selling yourself, not something
you’re not and can’t deliver.
11. Do smile and be friendly.
Try to form rapport with the interviewer. One of the basic
rules
of human behaviour indicates that someone is viewed more favourably if
they are likeable.
12. Do make eye
contact. If
you are faced with an interview panel (ie two or more people
interviewing you), it can be hard to know who to look at when answering
the interview questions. As a rule of thumb, focus on the
person
who asked you the question, however try to address each member at some
stage during the interview.
13. Do avoid
one-word answers,
unless it is obvious that this is all that the interviewer wants to
hear. Introduce what you are about to say, and then
expand.
In my experience, not providing enough information is the biggest
mistake made in interviews. If you don’t say it,
the
interviewer may assume you don’t know it, or can’t
do it.
14. Do keep it
concise.
While it may seem contradictory to the last point, it is important to
keep from rambling on. Present all the relevant information
while
remaining as succinct as possible. Rambling is the second
biggest
mistake made in an interview. To overcome this, really listen
to
the question, and answer the question, and answer it
concisely. So
many applicants get this wrong. They are asked a question,
and
they go off on a tangent. They might think they are saying what the
interviewer wanted to hear, but they didn't answer the question.
15. Do stay
positive.
Making negative or derogatory comments about your past employers or
colleagues will not make you look any better. In fact it will have the
opposite effect!
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