| I hate interviews, always have. You sit there in front of | | | | Secondly, when you are getting yourself ready for |
| a panel of your (supposedly) peers who are judging | | | | your interview, dress accordingly, no point in even |
| you on your ability to perform a job that you could | | | | turning up if you are going to make a fool of yourself |
| probably do with your eyes shut ( and when they do | | | | by wearing inappropriate clothing, be clean and |
| the job, you would think that they had done). | | | | presentable and remember to wear deodorant, no one |
| Back when I was a youngster most jobs went through | | | | likes a smelly applicant. Remember first impressions |
| word of mouth, and the majority of the good jobs | | | | last, you wont get a second chance. |
| were filled by children following their parents into the | | | | Thirdly, be polite and articulate, try not to stutter, |
| business, nowadays though with jobs being harder and | | | | present yourself with an air of confidence, listen |
| harder to find you might find yourself having to jump | | | | carefully to the questions the panel ask you, then think |
| through more and more hoops to land your dream job. | | | | carefully about the answers before answering, do |
| First things first though, get your CV right, there is no | | | | some research on the company to prepare yourself in |
| point in gearing yourself up for interviews if your CV is | | | | advance, there is no point in going through all this only |
| a load of old tosh, the first place that that will end up is | | | | to fail because you blurt out some inane drivel that you |
| in the HE departments rubbish bin. Take time filling out | | | | have just plucked out of thin air, remember preparation |
| the application form as well, no room for crossing | | | | is the key for everything in life, so get yourself |
| things out and making a mess of that. | | | | prepared well in advance. |