How to Do a Job Interview

If you’re going to a job interview consider the tips below.

1- Do not smoke, chew gum, or eat garlic beforehand.
2- Wear suitable interview clothes.
3- Take copies of your resume with you.
4- Arrive on time for your job interview.
5- Any applications handed before the interview begins, are to be filled in as accurately as possible, make sure they match the
information in your resume and Cover Letter.
6- Always greet the interviewer by his/her last name and try to pronounce it correctly.
7- Have a good firm handshake but do not brake the interviewer hand.
8- Look alert and interested. Scan the room once and then keep your eyes on the interviewer.
9- Wait until you are offered a chair before you sit down.
10- Stress your achievements.
11- Always conduct yourself professionally and if something beyond your control occurs, show a sense of humor.
12- Be enthusiastic and show it in your replies and body language.
13- Answer the interview question by more than a simple yes or no but try not to go over the 60 second limit.
14- Avoid at all cost complaining about your current or former employer in your job interview.
15- Do not answer questions about politics or religion if the job is completely unrelated.
16- Do not raise salary discussions on your first interview - this is usually done on the second interview. Make sure you do your
wage research before hand.

Your answer to the initial opening statements in the job interview are important, these are called “ice breakers”.

Some times the interviewer will ask whether you had difficulty finding the company premises. Your answer should be brief and polite. The interviewer is merely being polite - if you had problems in finding the premises he/she doesn’t need to know that.

Try to use answers such as

I’m fine thank you, and you?
I’m very well, thank you.

Avoid answers expressing a careless attitude such as

So, so
OK
Not so well