| A job-interview is best visualized as a picture within a | | | | 3. The most important way of showing organizational |
| frame. Framing a job-interview smartly on the basis of | | | | skills and thoroughness on a job interview is to |
| that is likely the edge that a candidate is looking for. | | | | research about the company before the interview, so |
| The picture is the content of what one is going to say | | | | that candidates do not ask meaningless and |
| during the interview, while the frame is how they | | | | rudimentary questions about the company. Go through |
| structure and prepare for the interview ahead of time. | | | | the website of the company if they have one, and |
| Common interview tips of course overflow with | | | | learn what ever is there to be learned about the |
| information regarding the picture, that is, what one | | | | history, purpose, objectives and goals of the company. |
| should say during interviews. But it is equally important | | | | 4. During interviews carefully observe the 50-50 rule. |
| to take care that the frame is impressively in place! | | | | This means mixing speaking and listening equally during |
| How the interview is set up by candidates (firstly in | | | | interviews. A study done at Massachusetts Institute of |
| their mind) and the arrangements and preparations | | | | Technology indicates that people who don't strike a |
| made by them before going in are bound to reflect in | | | | healthy balance between talking and listening don't get |
| the interview process itself. Some interview tips that | | | | hired. The reason for this is possibly that if candidates |
| are likely to take you that extra mile are: | | | | talk too much about themselves, they come across as |
| 1. If the candidate is the one setting up the interview, he | | | | indifferent to the organization's needs and if the |
| she should ask for only twenty minutes of the | | | | opposite is then case then they either have something |
| employer's time and not more. And stick to this | | | | to hide about their background or simply are not smart |
| religiously, unless it is the interviewer who insists on | | | | enough to talk intelligently during the interview. |
| continuing longer. One is far more likely to impress an | | | | 5. Behave like a resource person and not a job beggar |
| employer in a short and crisp interview rather a long | | | | at an interview. A candidate's efforts should be |
| and drawling one - especially when it is the first | | | | focused on telling the employers what he or she can |
| interview. | | | | do for the organization and not the other way round. |
| 2. The way a candidate goes about doing a job-hunt | | | | They want to come across as people who are there |
| or structuring the interview is the way he will do the | | | | to solve problems for the organization. |
| job as well, in the eyes of the employer. So if the | | | | The interview is the only time employers get to assess |
| job-hunt and interview is done in a sloppy and | | | | candidates, so all the more important for them to |
| haphazard manner, it will become a major reason for | | | | frame the interview smartly, in an organized and |
| the employer to screen a candidate out. But if a | | | | thorough manner. Basically employers are looking for |
| candidate is very thorough and organized in his or her | | | | candidates who are punctual, dependable, who have |
| work it will definitely give a favourable impression | | | | the drive, energy, enthusiasm and the right attitude |
| about the way the he or she is going to function on | | | | towards work and those who want more than a |
| the job. | | | | paycheck. |