by Phil Baker, Imagining that an interviewer is asking me interview questions in his or her underwear has never worked for me. If the woman is hot I cannot concentrate on my answers at all and if the interviewer is a man I cannot make eye contact. So much for that tactic! There are some [...]
Preparing for Executive Interviews
January 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Heather Eagar As an executive, you’ve probably been on plenty of interviews in your lifetime; from that entry-level position to the management positions you’ve held. But nothing quite compares to the executive-level interview; if you’ve been on even one you know this is a true statement. So how do you properly prepare for executive-level interviews? [...]
The Telephone Interview – Don’t Wear Pajamas!
January 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Lenny Keitel Given the fact that corporations today are running ‘leaner and meaner’ due to the prevailing high unemployment rate, it’s not surprising that the telephone interview has evolved as the typical first step in the hiring process. The objective of the caller is to contain costs and ‘screen-out’ as many candidates as possible. What [...]
Questions You Should Ask During The Job Interview
January 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Carole Martin At some point, usually at the conclusion of the interview, you may be asked, “Do you have any questions?” A common answer to this question is, “No, I think you’ve covered everything very well.” This is the wrong answer! You have passed up your opportunity to ask some critical questions that may [...]
The Interview List of What You Need to Bring to Every Job Interview
December 31, 2010 By 1 Comment
by Phil Baker, This interview list will help you make sure you are prepared for your job interview. Did you know more than 90% of job candidates are not adequately prepared to fill out a job application? Yes I said a whopping 90%! For legal purposes, almost all employers will require you to fill out [...]
Test Your Resume IQ
December 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Phil Baker, Most job applicants cannot pass a pop quiz on their own resume. Resume writing is not just about looking good. You better be informed about what you have included and be ready to back yourself up. Are You Ready for the Pop Quiz? Many employers will be giving you a quiz at [...]
4 Questions to Ask Your Interviewer
December 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Bonnie Lowe. Many job seekers miss a golden opportunity when they are asked towards the end of an interview if they have any questions. If they feel the interviewer adequately explained the position, they make the mistake of answering “No” to this question. But this is the perfect time to find out if you [...]
Top 10 myths about job interviews
November 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ask Annie By Anne Fisher FORTUNE — Dear Annie: I graduated from college last spring and, after taking a few months off to take care of some family business, I’m looking for my first “real” job. I’ve been lucky enough to get several interviews, and they’ve gone pretty well, but I have to say, I’m [...]
Job Interview: Are You Sending Red Flags And Eliminating Yourself?
November 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Phil Baker, I just conducted a job interview for an account representative position we have open. As an employer, I want every person that shows up for an interview to be the one I hire. If you think about it, all the other interviews where applicants do not get the job are a waste [...]
Interview Etiquette
October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Written By Jimmy Sweeney, Your Job Interview “Manners” Matter! Manners are not only important at the dinner table (use your napkin, please), on the telephone (listen as well as speak), in a theater (refrain from talking during the performance), but also during a job interview. Yet many job seekers forget the importance of being polite. [...]
Questions you get asked during the Hiring Process
October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
During my hiring process with the company I am currently with; they emailed me a questionaire with about 100 questions on it. Most were straightforward, situational questions. There were a few “no right answer” questions. If you get a questionaire, you really do need to take this very seriously. It goes without saying – but [...]
Employers’ wacky interview questions
October 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Anne Fisher Dear Annie: I’ve been lucky enough to get several job interviews in the past couple of months, and I’ve noticed something strange about all of them, which is that the hiring managers have posed what I would call trick questions. Yesterday an interviewer asked me, “If you were an animal, what animal [...]
Ace the interview – no matter what
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Interview by Beth Kowitt FORTUNE — Congratulations! You’ve gotten past the résumé gatekeepers and landed a job interview. But even if you’re completely prepped for your one on one, you still don’t know what to expect from your interviewer. “You have to turn that around and give them a good interview even if they didn’t [...]
Answering Tough (not to mention Illegal) Interview Questions
August 23, 2010 By 2 Comments
There’s nothing like being asked an illegal question during a job interview to raise the stress level up a few thousand notches. In theory, there is a laundry list of questions that you cannot be asked (see Laura Strachan’s great blog). Yet, you will be. You will be asked by interviewers who do not know [...]
10 Things You Can’t Be Asked at a Job Interview
August 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Laura Strachan Applying for a job can be a stressful pursuit as an applicant prepares answers to those predictable questions, and hopes that his research will help him stand out amongst the sea of eager applicants. Whether fresh out of college, or re-entering the workforce after a long hiatus from the nine to five [...]
