| Are you looking to land your dream job? Is this your | | | | together than by all means have the top 2-3 key |
| first interview or have you been interviewing for | | | | examples of why you are the best candidate for this |
| awhile? Do you wish you had an easy guide to help | | | | job up front in the book and get the interviewing |
| you improve your interviewing skills? Whatever your | | | | interested in seeing your book. |
| answers are to these questions the bottom line is that | | | | Those Wonderful Questions |
| most people need help with their interviewing skills. If | | | | Just think if you knew the questions the interviewer |
| you put a little bit of effort in to each of the major | | | | was going to ask prior to doing your Dream Interview |
| parts of the interview process you will come out of | | | | and you could get prepared with the very best |
| the interview as the top candidate and land your | | | | answers to knock their socks off. There are many |
| dream job. | | | | similar questions that all interviewers ask as we are all |
| Stand out in the crowd | | | | looking for the same types of things in every |
| The key throughout the entire Dream Interviewing® | | | | candidate we interview so do your homework on |
| process is to differentiate yourself vs. all the other | | | | what questions will be asked and practice answering |
| candidates you are going against for your dream job. | | | | them before you go in to the interview. You will be |
| One of the easiest ways to differentiate yourself is to | | | | amazed at how much more relaxed you are, how |
| get over prepared for the Dream Interview® and | | | | much more fun the interview is, and how much more |
| you need to do this in multiple areas. Focus on what | | | | connected you are to the interviewer. Also put |
| you will wear, where the interview is, how long it will | | | | together your list of key questions you want to ask in |
| take you to get there, and what route you will take in | | | | the interviewer as you should be interviewing them as |
| order to get there at least 15 minutes ahead of time. | | | | much as they are interviewing you if this is truly your |
| The other key preparation you will need to do is | | | | dream job. |
| around understanding the industry you are interviewing | | | | Sell Me Something |
| in, the company you are interviewing with, and the job | | | | This situation is coming up more often in the |
| you are interviewing for. Be prepared with multiple | | | | interviewing process as the interviewer wants to see |
| examples around your strengths, areas of | | | | how you react to a little pressure, what type of social |
| development, leadership, teamwork, influence, problem | | | | skills you have, and if you can think on your feet. The |
| solving, and conflict management. | | | | key here is not to sweat, take your time, listen, and ask |
| Selling yourself | | | | for the business. All of this can be done easily again if |
| The Dream Interview® is one of those key times in | | | | you have a simple repeatable selling process that you |
| life where you need to come in ready to sell the | | | | can use with anything they ask you to sell, including |
| interviewer on why you are the best candidate for the | | | | yourself. Start with a plan, seek to understand, satisfy |
| job. You certainly do not want to cross the line into | | | | their needs, and make action is a full proof way to sell |
| arrogance or cockiness but you do want them to | | | | anything and set you up for success in this scenario. |
| know you are the best fit for their job. Believe me, if | | | | Get That Job- Close the Interview |
| you don't sell yourself no one else interviewing is ever | | | | Well it's all come down to this one moment. You have |
| going to say they should hire you first. Start believing | | | | prepared better than any other candidate, you have |
| you are the best and go into that Dream Interview | | | | practiced the interview questions/answers, you have a |
| ready to prove it to them. Your cover letter and | | | | great cover letter/resume, you closed them in the sell |
| resume are basically your selling tools designed to land | | | | me something scenario, you asked great questions to |
| you that dream job, therefore, they need to be | | | | the interviewer, and you have just one thing left to do. |
| professional, accurate, and specific to the job you are | | | | Tell them you want this job and that you are the best |
| interviewing for. Find excellent examples such as those | | | | candidate for this job. Don't hold back, now is the time |
| found in the Dream Interviewing Certification Program | | | | to make sure they have every example of why you |
| that can make this much easier for you and once | | | | rock, they don't have any concerns left about you, and |
| again will differentiate you from the crowd. | | | | they want you to ask, so do it. Every interviewer |
| Your Brag Book | | | | wants to see, hear, and feel the close yet I find only |
| The jury is basically split on putting together and using | | | | about 10% of candidates close us. Can you believe |
| a brag book. I believe they are great if you use them | | | | that? You want your dream job that much yet you |
| correctly to help convince the interviewer how | | | | don't simply ask for it and a lot of times that is the |
| exceptional you are. The problem is most candidates | | | | difference between one candidate and the next. So |
| come in and pronounce they have a brag book but | | | | on the next Dream Interview you have, please, by all |
| never pull it out in the interview to sell themselves. If | | | | means, ask for your dream job-if you don't someone |
| you put all that effort into getting the brag book put | | | | else will. |