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“Overcome Job Interview Weaknesses Before Your Very Next Interview"
Dear Friend:
Welcome to Job Interview-Best Practices.com
We are Pat Andrew and Eleanor Hill and we've been helping people get and keep truly great jobs for over 25 years. In that time, we've gained a huge amount of valuable knowledge about interviewing for a job -- what to do, what not to do...and how best to do it so that you become the stand-out job candidate to the Hiring Manager and get the job you want.
As Human Resource and Marketing professionals, it is our goal to provide the best job interviewing help to as many job seekers as we can. In today's challenging job market you need and deserve the best help you can get.
We'd like to share some of our most valuable best practices with you, free of charge.
So feel free to browse the links on this site for more information on overcoming job interview weaknesses and other topics pertinent to helping you succeed in your very next interview.For instance --
Did you know that probably the best, most effective ways to highlight your accomplishments during an interview is to use "Success Stories." Many job applicants haven't a clue what a "Success Story" is, let alone how to prepare them and effectively use them during an interview.
An interviewer wants to know the results you have achieved in your career, challenges you overcame, and contributions you made to former employers.
These are the results you delivered to previous employers by working there. The interviewer sees this as potential benefits for his or her company as well.
As you prepare for an interview, be sure you have developed the successful results of projects you worked on, tasks you accomplished. Make sure your “Success Stories” provide specifics (the who, what, where, when...and especially the how) about your accomplishments and the job skills you used to reach them.
Develop an interesting and memorable snapshot. Practice (but don't memorize) what you'll include and how best to say it so that these "Success stories" will help keep you at the top of the interviewer’s thought when he or she makes the decision to hire.
Such as:
- How best to avoid the most important job interview weakness and bring your "A-Game" to your job interview...
- How best to say what you need to say in an interview; and what best not to say...
- How best to answer tough job interview weakness questions for a great -- and lasting -- impression on the Hiring Manager!
- How best to show the Hiring Manager that you're the problem-solver he's been seeking...
- How best to build the Hiring Manager's confidence -- even after a job interview -- to keep you "top of mind" with him...
- How best to put the "sizzle and satisfaction" into your job interview by knowing the right questions to ask in a job interview, how and when to ask them...
- How to best "turn on a dime" and expect -- and conquer -- the unexpected during your job interview, without flinching...
- How best to take advantage of phone interviews and second interviews...
- How best to dress for an interview, and what to avoid wearing...
- ...And Much, Much More!
You'll find articles such as the above listed under the "Main Menu" in the right sidebar. You'll find them brim full of easy-to-follow, success-proven strategies, tactics, tools and tips that you can readily put into practice. We know that you will benefit from them...and we hope that you will enjoy them as well.
You may also find it valuable to check out best practices for resumes. Creating a successful resume is the difference between attracting the attention of the Hiring Manager and building his interest in seeing you and being ignored. And it sets the stage for a successful job interview.