How To Ace That Job Interview
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Sooner or later, everyone must face the daunting task of interviewing for a job. Whether it’s for just a job to keep your bills paid, or if it’s the dream job you’ve always wanted, there are many things that you have to remember before you can get that job that you so desire. Most people assume that the most important part of a
Delroy Constantine-Simms
Delroy Constantine Simms C. Psychol; MSc Occupational and Organizational Psychology; BA (Hons) Social Sciences; BSc (Hons) Psychology; Constantine-Simms has previously taught sociology, psychology, at the Open University; The University of Stirling; Westminster College; and Barnet College. He is also a freelance print and photo journalist, whose work has been published in The Voice Newspaper, Black Britain, The Post, The Gleaner, Miami Times, The Amsterdam News, Pride Magazine. His photos have been distributed through photo agencies such as Demotix, Corbis and Getty images. He is a regular contributor on several radio and TV stations, including the BBC, Channel Four, BBC Radio 1, Three Counties Radio, and has been featured in the Guardian and cited in the Mirror, The Evening Standard, The Metro, Constantine-Simms has presented academic papers in Germany, South Africa, The USA, Jamaica, Gambia, and Ethiopia on a variety of psychology and sociology related topics.He is also the recipient of the 2001 Lambda Book Award for Best Anthology (The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality in Black Communities). Mst recently, received two Black Excellence Awards (Middle East) Best Photographer Award (2021), and Best Author Award (2021) after writing and editing two consequential books, #Take A Knee Political Awakening of Colin Kaepernick, and The Brazilian Covid Catastrophe. He currently lives in the United Arab Emirates.See https://www.betterhelp.com/delroy-constantine-simms/
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How To Ace That Job Interview - Delroy Constantine-Simms
About The Author
Delroy Constantine Simms is an Occupational Psychologist and Career coach, who’s been actively engaged in graduate recruitment and selection campaigns for several public and private sector organization in the UK, Middle East and Africa, for more than ten years. He is currently working on several personal development related projects for graduates based in the United Arab Emirates.
Table of Contents
About The Author
Preface
Introduction
Section 1
How To Get The Interview
Sending a Resume
Your Resume
Your Cover Letter
Emailing Your Resume
Walk-In Your Resume
Preparing for the Interview
Section 2
Do Your Research
Know Your Contact
Practice Your Responses
Your First Impression
Dress the Part
Get Organized
How Should I Act
Show Confidence
Keep a Positive Attitude
Maintain Eye Contact
Body Language
Section 3
Types of Interviews
The Screening Interview
Telephoning for an Interview
The Informational Interview
The Directive Style
The Meandering Interview
The Stress Interview
The Behavioural Interview
The Audition
The Group Interview
The Tag Team Interview
The Mealtime Interview
The Restaurant Interview
Section 4
Preparing For The Interview
How To Prepare A Career Statement
What Are Your Strengths?
Why Should I Select You?
Preparing Your Successes
Employers are not psychics!
Preparation is critical
Before The Interview
Managing the Interview
Research the company
Understand the position
Know who are you meeting
Section 5
Answering the weakness question
Impression Management
Dressing The Part
Top tips for dressing the part:
Body Language
Section 6
Common Interviewee Questions
The Post Follow Up
What Employers Want
So here is that list.
Ambition and Motivation:
Employer Evaluations
Content Skills
Functional Skills
Adaptive Skills
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Preface
This is the story of a candidate who successfully aced a job interview, which was in two parts, one was over lunch with several people he would be working within the administration. As part of the process, he was invited to a small cafe in Louisiana where they ordered boiled crawfish for everyone, which came with a bib, a tray and a big glass of tea. He had never even seen a crawfish till that day, not even ate one. When they came he watched how they striped something off of each one, then de-headed them and ate them. He tried that, and soon found out what the bib was for, and noticed how spicy they were (tea was rescue for that and taste) then they told me to suck the crawfish head (that still had eyes, and whiskers or something). All he could see was ugly stuff inside, but he sucked it and lucky he had swallowed it whole, they all clapped and thought he was going to be a good person to work with because he took a chance. However, they did not see all of the ugly crawfish he had wrapped up in napkins and put in his bag to throw away ASAP. He was scared of the second part and what he would have to eat or do then. However, it was better; he had to show them, he knew how to dance too. He got the job because they had approved his CV/resume but they wanted to make sure he would fit in with the people.
Introduction
Sooner or later, everyone must face the daunting task of interviewing for a job. Whether it’s for just a job to keep your bills paid, or if it’s the dream job you’ve always wanted, there are many things that you have to remember before you can get that job that you so desire. Most people assume that the most important part of a job interview is showing up well groomed, but there is more to it than that. Everything that you could ever want may be riding on your behaviour at a job interview. The smallest thing can mean the difference between your having a new job, or you’re still pounding the pavement trying to score a new interview. It is common knowledge that it is generally the smallest detail that causes people to fail a job interview. The fact that you can score an interview at all shows that you already have the right stuff for the job. However, scoring the interview is merely the first step in the journey that is to get you the job of your dreams. This book is to be your comprehensive guide to winning that job that you so crave. In following the steps listed here, you will have all of the knowledge required to get your body through that door that you are most trying to step into. In this book, you will learn:
• How to get the interview of your choice.
• How to prepare for the interview.
• How to make a great first impression.
• How to conduct yourself during the interview.
• What the most common questions are.
• What questions to ask your interviewer?
• What common mistakes you should avoid making. And much more.
Section 1
How To Get The Interview
Scoring the interview for the job that you want doesn’t have to be rocket science. Sometimes you can score that interview by simply making a phone call. There are many ways that people go about trying to get an interview. The methods of achieving one vary by company. It is best to know what the company’s application process is before taking your first step. Generally, when a company is hiring they post an ad in the newspaper or an online job bank. How to contact them is usually included in the ad as well. You don’t want to email a resume to a company that is requesting that you walk in with your resume. You don’t want to call a company that requires a faxed resume etc. Ignoring their initial contacting information will guarantee that you will not get that interview because you have already proven that you can’t follow simple directions.
Sometimes, you can get a job lead from a friend before the job has been posted. If this is the case, you can either ask the friend to give the employer your resume and cover letter. If your friend doesn’t actually work where the lead came from, you can try calling about the position and ask what the application procedure is. There are four general methods of applying for a job, and they include these basic methods.
Sending a Resume
Some companies prefer that you mail in your resume. For this type of approach, it is best to include a cover letter with your resume. The cover is a basic letter that describes the position that you are interest in and a few details of your qualifications and skills. It is basically your lead in to your resume. Before writing your cover letter, you should know whom the letter is to be addressed to. You never want to begin a cover letter with Dear Sir or Madame
or To whom it may Concern
. It shows that you have not prepared, and that you are not looking for a specific position with their company, but any job that you can get your hands on. Basically, it is disrespectful to your prospective employer.
Your Resume
This may seem like an unimportant thing during an interview, but this is the sole reason why you may get that interview so you should be prepared with a well written resume. You should tailor your resume to highlight the qualifications, work experience and any education that you’ve had that best represents the type of work you are applying for. You should also include any other work experience that you’ve had, as well as any accomplishments that you have made in your field. You may also want to dress up your resume to let it stand out a bit. A nice border is an elegant way to make your resume stand out without being a distraction to the information within it. Of course there also quite a few things that recruiters hate to see on resumes as well. Many people do not think that recruiters really go all the way through a resume, but they really do. Recruiters have certain pet peeves when it comes to reading a resume. I’ve included a list of some of the pet peeves that you should avoid