Some Important Tips For Who Will Do A Job Interview
If you have ever had a job interview ever, you probably know this is a very tense and expectant time. Since your psychological state seems to enjoy negatively interfering with your social interaction at some crucial moments, chances are you have already uttered some unfortunate phrase or stuttered, passed out, sweaty cold and so on. And for the little nerves on duty comes the good news: you can do well in this kind of situation.
The Fast Company portal has put together some key advice, drawn from research by an expert on the subject: Russian writer and journalist currently living in the US Maria Konnikova. We have selected these tips so you can do well in your next interview.
Out of context
Maria believes that interviews are silly tools that evaluate a candidate at a time and environment that is not part of his or her routine and therefore would not be ideal as a source for any evaluation. Your effort to impress someone during a job interview will never be the same as what you will have while working. So impress less and try to be as natural as possible.
One minute
This is the average time your interviewer will need to form an opinion about you, contributing to that old premise that "the first impression is what you get." You need to understand that in a job interview, a person will need to judge you without knowing your history. Then choose what you want to be seen. In this case, the tip is to stay calm, be nice and safe in what you say. Maria explains that the same answer, spoken by two different people, will have different impacts on the recipient. Here's the tip.
Outer Issues
Maria's research explains two factors that may only serve to make you a little more nervous, but we will tell you anyway: if the interviewer is too tired, that will make your score low; If you are the fourth perfect candidate of the day, your grade will be lower than the first. That is, it might be good to avoid scheduling interviews after lunch, for example. If you have a choice, it's worth it.
What can you do
About.com listed other factors that can make you do well when showing your attributes in a job interview. Start by being punctual, after all, if you can't make it on time on the day of the interview, imagine later if you're hired.
It doesn't matter if you are machine-gunning resumes and know nothing about the company that called you for an interview. You need to study a little bit of the environment you want to work in. Ignoring this would be like meeting a stranger in an internet chat and making a point of knowing someone without knowing anything about them: it can be a waste of time and dangerous.
Be presentable, look into the eyes, show interest, sympathy and goodwill. Always carry a copy of your resume with you and try to talk to your interviewer as if he were an ordinary human being, not the seven-headed mythological being you need to be scared of. Have any more tips to share with us? Leave it in the comments below. Good luck!
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