| When preparing for an interview, you need to know | | | | your examples focus on what you can do for their |
| your skills, experiences and achievements, and how to | | | | company once hired. That's what the job interview is |
| answer interview questions. | | | | all about...what YOU can do for THEIR company. |
| Your Skills | | | | If you give example after example of how your skills |
| Become an expert about yourself. Before you wrote | | | | and experiences will help their company, the more |
| your resume, you probably prepared a list of skills, | | | | appealing you will become as a potential employee. |
| experiences and achievements. If not, then it's a good | | | | There is a danger of over-preparing for an interview. |
| idea to take some time and prepare one. | | | | There are hundreds of books and websites that will |
| This information will help you answer questions that | | | | give you the "most commonly asked interview |
| are most commonly asked during the interview. There | | | | questions and answers". You try to memorize the |
| are all types of interview questions, but no book or | | | | answers to these questions and when it's time for the |
| web site can give you the answers. Only you can | | | | interview, you sound like you're giving some canned |
| come up with answers to these questions, because | | | | response. You don't sound like yourself. |
| you're the only one who knows what your skills, | | | | The best advice I can give you when it comes to |
| experiences and achievements are. | | | | answering interview questions (especially difficult ones), |
| The interviewer is asking these questions in order to | | | | is know your skills, experiences and achievements and |
| find out how much of an asset you will be to the | | | | be yourself. This way, you don't go into the interview |
| company if hired. Come up with real life examples that | | | | sounding like someone who memorized a canned |
| highlight how your skills and achievements helped you | | | | answer out of some book. Just relax and be natural. |
| in your previous or current job. Think of situations | | | | Trust yourself enough to answer questions in a natural |
| where you: | | | | and honest way. Keep your answers in the positive. |
| - Solved a problem for your supervisor or manager | | | | When you're relaxed and answer questions in an |
| - Developed an action plan in order to meet a deadline | | | | honest way, you'll be able to think on your feet and |
| - Led team projects successfully | | | | provide answers that the interviewer wants to hear. |
| - Received some sort of recognition or award at your | | | | Ask yourself, "What skills, experiences and |
| previous job | | | | achievements do I have that will make me an asset to |
| - etc... | | | | this company?" If you can answer that question while |
| Answering Interview Questions | | | | going through the interview process, you will be one |
| When you come up with these examples, make sure | | | | step closer to landing the job you want. |