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Career Tips
Your efforts in writing a resume and cover letters, lining up references, preparing an introduction, networking and all other marketing efforts lead to the interview. Those efforts get you the interview; a convincing interview performance will get you the position.
Interview Imperatives:
- Find out before the interview what to expect: who you will be talking to, type of interview, duration, etc.
- Be able to articulate why you are interested in the opportunity.
- Arrive 10-15 minutes early.
- Wear conservative business attire (e.g., white shirt, tie and dark suit for men).
- Act confident, energetic and interested.
- Extend a firm handshake, maintain good eye contact and smile!
- Listen carefully and respond to questions completely. Provide specific examples when appropriate.
- Be positive, to include talking about previous employers.
- Have a short list of written questions. See below.
Keep your questions at a relatively high level and focus on the position (goals and expectations) and organization (plans and culture). Don’t ask questions about pay and benefits until a mutual interest is established and those topics are raised by the employer. Finally, before you leave, ask for the business cards of everyone you talked to and email a thank-you as soon as you are able to do so.
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