| Winning a good job is one of most pleasant occasions | | | | Skill#2: Be Memorable. |
| in people's lives. When you get to that interview, it's | | | | If you want to be memorable you need to be |
| your chance to fulfill your dream and get the job that | | | | positively distinguished from all of your competition. Try |
| you deserve. But only if you pass the interview. | | | | to make everyone you see in the company remember |
| To get short-listed for the job you need to acquire Job | | | | you by your smile and calling them with their names. |
| Interview Skills. But first you need to know your goal | | | | This practice builds rapport, even before the |
| that you want to achieve in the interview. | | | | interviewer(s) try to initiate it. |
| The job interview skills that you need are those that | | | | Think about it. When a candidate comes for an |
| can get your interviewer(s) consider you as a | | | | interview and you are the interviewer, if the candidate |
| competent, likable, and someone they can't forget. So | | | | shakes your hand with a big smile and says "nice |
| let's focus on what you need to learn in order to print | | | | meeting you Mr. Edwards" and does the same while |
| this picture of you in your interviewers mind. | | | | leaving saying "Thank you for your time Mr. Edwards". |
| Skill #1: Be Likable | | | | Would you, Mr. Edwards, remember this candidate or |
| The most efficient thing you can do in order to be | | | | the other one who sat there answering your |
| likable is your smile. A smiling face is a pleasant face. | | | | questions? |
| Give them a first impression that you are a smiling | | | | Skill #3: Be Competent |
| person from the moment you walk in the company. | | | | A competent candidate will answer all of the questions |
| Also keep a friendly eye contact with your | | | | in a way that make him/her look as the best fit for the |
| interviewer(s) throughout the interview. Shake their | | | | job. In order to do that you'll need to prepare well for |
| hands both when you meet them and when you leave, | | | | the interview by practicing on the job interview |
| and always mention their names in your greetings. | | | | questions. |