| When preparing for an interview, you need to know | | | | YOU can do for THEIR company.If you give example |
| your skills, experiences and achievements, and how to | | | | after example of how your skills and experiences will |
| answer interview questions.Your Skills | | | | help their company, the more appealing you will |
| Become an expert about yourself. Before you wrote | | | | become as a potential employee.There is a danger of |
| your resume, you probably prepared a list of skills, | | | | over-preparing for an interview. There are hundreds of |
| experiences and achievements. If not, then it's a good | | | | books and websites that will give you the "most |
| idea to take some time and prepare one.This | | | | commonly asked interview questions and answers". |
| information will help you answer questions that are | | | | You try to memorize the answers to these questions |
| most commonly asked during the interview. There are | | | | and when it's time for the interview, you sound like |
| all types of interview questions, but no book or web | | | | you're giving some canned response. You don't sound |
| site can give you the answers. Only you can come up | | | | like yourself.The best advice I can give you when it |
| with answers to these questions, because you're the | | | | comes to answering interview questions (especially |
| only one who knows what your skills, experiences and | | | | difficult ones), is know your skills, experiences and |
| achievements are.The interviewer is asking these | | | | achievements and be yourself. This way, you don't go |
| questions in order to find out how much of an asset | | | | into the interview sounding like someone who |
| you will be to the company if hired. Come up with real | | | | memorized a canned answer out of some book. Just |
| life examples that highlight how your skills and | | | | relax and be natural.Trust yourself enough to answer |
| achievements helped you in your previous or current | | | | questions in a natural and honest way. Keep your |
| job. Think of situations where you:Solved a problem for | | | | answers in the positive. When you're relaxed and |
| your supervisor or manager | | | | answer questions in an honest way, you'll be able to |
| Developed an action plan in order to meet a deadline | | | | think on your feet and provide answers that the |
| Led team projects successfully | | | | interviewer wants to hear.Ask yourself, "What skills, |
| Received some sort of recognition or award at your | | | | experiences and achievements do I have that will |
| previous job | | | | make me an asset to this company?" If you can |
| etc...Answering Interview QuestionsWhen you come | | | | answer that question while going through the interview |
| up with these examples, make sure your examples | | | | process, you will be one step closer to landing the job |
| focus on what you can do for their company once | | | | you want. |
| hired. That's what the job interview is all about...what | | | | |