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Job Interview Tips and Advice
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Job Interviews comes in many forms and we have identified
seven of the most common types.
Be sure to familiarise yourself with each since any job interview style could be used.
1. The Stress Interview – Can you handle the heat?
Simply put, this style of interviewing is really to take the Mickey out of you! It is a deliberate attempt to see if you can handle the heat. Your interviewer may be sarcastic, deliberately keep you waiting for a while, and pretend to do something else while conducting the interview.
All this to see how you handle the situation, and you can expect this to happen at some point during your interview life. It’s best not to take it personally and just stick to answering the questions be asked in a calm and collected manner.
If you are not sure about anything, ask your Interviewer to clarify the question and never rush into an answer. Your interviewer may also trail off into silence at somepoint during the questioning and you have to recognize this as an attempt to unnerve you.
Just relax and wait for the interviewer resumes the questions. If two minutes or so goes by, ask if the person interviewing you needs clarification of your last answer.
2. The One-On-One Interview – Getting up close and personal
During this type of interview style, they now you all ready have the necessary skills and education for the position advertised. This type of interviewing is to access if and how you will fit in with the company. It is also to see if you your experience, skills and other contributions will complement the rest of the department.
Your aim is to establish some form of rapport with the interviewer and highlight that your experience and qualifications will benefit their organisation
3.The vetting or screening Interview - Are you wheat or Chaff?
Remember how we talked about the wheat and the chaff? Well this Interview Style is applied to weed out unqualified and in some cases uninterested candidates.
This is one of the reasons we strongly advise applicants to make use of a professional CV Writing service because having dealt with these types of Interview styles for many years, we know the implications on a job application where statements can not be backed up with facts and numbers.
Providing concrete facts and numbers about your skills and experience is the over ruling
authority at any Interview It establishes your credibility and interviewers will work from an outlined format with any number of points they want to cover.
Interviewer uses scorecards and vets each answer on a score based on their required pass level. They will look for inconsistencies in your CV or resume and may evenchallenge your qualifications and skills.
The key is to be as focused in your answer as possible and never volunteer any additional information. This could work against you. Telephone interviews are commonly used for
this purpose of vetting or screening and I suggest you get you copy of the “Interview Success” CD to make sure you are fully prepared for telephone Interview.
4. The Lunch Interview - Doing it over a cuppa
I still remember my Interview for a Banking vacancy many years ago. Although a much more casual atmosphere, the same rules still apply during a lunch interview as in those held in a office building.
Don’t get too comfortable because it is still a business lunch and your Interviewer is watching you carefully. Develop common ground with your interviewer during this typeof interview and follow his or her lead in both selection of food and in protocol.
5. The board Interview. Time to face the Panel
Board or committee interviews is where you will face several members of the company who have a say in appointing you. We have briefly covered this type of interview style earlier on but here’s a summary again: When answering questions from several members of the board or committee, speak directly to the person addressing the question to you.
It is not necessary to answer to the entire group, just make sure you focus your answer to the person that asked the question. Stay calm and relaxed so you can think on yourfeet at all times.
You may be asked to demonstrate your problem-solving skills and abilities by way of example so make sure you think before hand about scenarios where initiative is and problem solving might be expected.
The main aim is to analyse your abilities, skills and problem solving approach in real life situations. It does not have to be perfect but be proactive and use initiative in demonstrating your abilities to a problem created by the panel or committee.
6. The Cluster or Group Interview - One big group hug
This interview style is applied to uncover the leadership potential of prospective managers and employees who will be dealing with the clients and the public in general.
The screened candidates are gathered together in an informal, discussion-type interview. A subject matter is introduced and the interviewer will start off the discussion with a statement and an invitation of suggestions.
The main objectives of the group interview is to see how you interrelate with others and how you use your knowledge and reasoning powers to win others over. If you perform well during the cluster interview, you can expect to be asked back for a more extensive interview.
7. The mighty Telephone Interview – Are you up for the call?
Telephone interviews is simply screening or vetting interviews intended to eliminate poorly qualified candidates so that only a few potentials are left for personal interviews.
This has happened to me more than once back in the days! You might be called out of the blue by a company representative to check on your CV or resume and the conversationsuddenly turns turn into an interview!
Your mission is to get invited for a personal interview so make it clear you would like to come in and see them to give them full description of your experience, abilities and experience. This interview style is one, which not a lot of applicants are aware of and what you don’t know could be hurting your chances of landing an interview in person that could result in you getting the job you’re after.
We deal with this type of interview style in detail on our “Interview Success” CD.
Well, that's if for now, but remember to check up every week because the next article
will feature some killer questions Interviewers ask at Interview!
If you have any specific questions email me at andre@acethatjob.com
Happy Interviewing!! Andre J Hendricks Recruitment Consultant and Author
of the "Interview Success CD"
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04-28-2007, 02:40 PM
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