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Getting Ready For Your Career Meeting

April 15, 2009

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Everyone is bound to feel nervous before an interview, those who say they have no nerves are either lying or are uninterested in the job. A few nerves isn’t a bad thing, they make you strive more for the position you are being interviewed for but there ways of preparing yourself so the nerves don’t overshadow your true abilities.You already know what you can do but do you know what the company does? Preparing yourself with a little information about the organisation you are being interviewed by will give you an essential insight into what the potential employer may be looking for in an interview candidate such as yourself.

Potential employers are looking at how you will fit in with the company’s current employees, the company’s philosophy and work ethics, and the role that company plays within its specific marketplace. By knowing how a company has operated over the years will give you the opportunity to tailor your answers based on what you know about yourself and what you know about the company.

Many companies have a strong team-working ethics, they prefer to have employees working together to achieve a common goal rather than working alone which can lead to communication difficulties. If this is the impression you get from your pre-interview research and from the information given in the job specification, it is important that you prepare yourself with information about your team accomplishments. Whilst it shows good self-motivation when you have made sole accomplishments, a company may be more interested in what you can do whilst working as part of a team if that is how they have better productivity.

By showing you know a little about the products and services offered by the organisation, you are also showing that you have done some research prior to the interview, this in turn shows you have dedicated some of your own time into really trying to work for the organisation.

You can come up with your own list to ask the interviewer about the position you are applying for, and this is usually regarded as a positive trait. Being interested will score you additional points towards getting hired for the job!During the interview you may find that any questions you had pre-prepared have all been answered. This is fine, if you are asked if you have any questions just let the interviewers know that all the questions you had have been answered.

Finally, think about the questions the interviewer may ask you. They will want to know what experience you have and how you would handle certain situations. They may ask you to refer to previous situations you have been in and want you to draw on information from real life scenarios. It is good to have an idea of what scenarios you can refer to before the interview despite not knowing exactly what information the interviewer may wish to gather from your answer. Example scenarios would be positions of responsibility, meeting deadlines, managing a project, etc. Answering in a confident, knowledgeable will give the interviewer confidence in you. Try not to be evasive or miss out key areas of information as this will hinder the interviewer when deciding if you are right for the job.

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