| Most people feel pretty pressured when they're | | | | jobs. I was left with a lot of slack to pick up. My |
| interviewing for a job. You know, sweaty palms, | | | | weakness with this kind of situation is that I expect |
| increased heart rate, an elevated desire to curse. It | | | | other employees to give as much as I give to my |
| happens to all of us at one point or another. However, | | | | career. I went along for quite some time doing the |
| there are some tips that you can follow to help you | | | | things that they neglected, or picking up after their |
| get through the interview at least appearing to be calm | | | | negligent messes. I tried to hint, coerce, and all but |
| and collected. Here are some great job interview tips. | | | | force them to do better jobs, and then I realized that |
| Before the interview rehearse, repeat, and rehearse | | | | not everyone is like me. People are all different. I simply |
| again. Managers and senior managers who do the | | | | stopped trying to make them do something they were |
| interviewing for positions can ask some pretty tough | | | | never going to do. Howeveer, I also stopped cleaning |
| questions. You want to be able to handle those | | | | up their messes. I know now that I can't do everyone |
| questions without a sweat. Enlist the help of a friend or | | | | else's job, and at the end of the day, if I'm satisfied with |
| family member to role play with. They can ask some | | | | my job, that's enough." |
| of the more challenging questions, and you can | | | | Let it be known that you are interviewing the |
| practice answering them until you've come up with an | | | | interviewer. You don't want to come across sounding |
| answer that will pleasantly surprise your interviewer. | | | | like an arrogant jerk, but you also don't want to sound |
| Some of the toughest questions an interviewer can | | | | desperate. You want the interviewer to understand |
| ask are: | | | | that you have other options, and you will only be |
| - What are your weaknesses? | | | | accepting this job if your expectations are met. A |
| - What are your strengths? | | | | great way to say this without sounding arrogant is, "I |
| - What are you trying to overcome? | | | | think that this is an acceptable salary, if there are |
| - Where do you see yourself in five years? | | | | opportunities to advance within the company." Stick to |
| Tell short and interesting stories that make points. You | | | | your original expectations of pay, and don't budge |
| don't have to be extremely witty to come up with a | | | | unless better benefits come with a decreased pay, or |
| great story that proves or conveys a point. You can | | | | other perks are added. You know what you're worth. |
| use these stories along with the questions above. For | | | | The best tip of all is to be who you are. If you are a |
| example, if the interviewer asks you, "what are your | | | | funny person, with a great sense of humor, let it show. |
| weaknesses", give him a great story that makes your | | | | Of course you should be professional, but you don't |
| weakness seem more like a great character trait. A | | | | have to be a stick in the mud. 55% of the time, |
| great one would be something like, "I worked for a | | | | someone is hired because the interviewer liked them. |
| company a few years ago, and found that many of | | | | Be yourself, and use these tips and ideas to get |
| my employees were giving less than 100% to their | | | | through the interview and come out in one piece. |