Who here interviews well?

I like to say a prayer, because I need all the help I can get.

Unless you like working at Krispy Kreme, Austin is a ROUGH place to find a job right now.....

Research the company definitely!!! If you dont know your **** when they ask you about them, you will look like a fool.

Also, be prepared to tell a few white lies to make yourself look better.

Good luck!! If you land the job, you might have to hook me up with one there too.....

 

1) Be able to articulate the important experiences in your life.
- Why did you choose UT
- Why are you interested in the field
- How has your previous job experience helped you
- How have you acquired the skills you have
- Your goals
- What it is you are looking for
2) Understand what is going on at the company and in the industry
3) Figure out what your role will be and let them know how you will be able to fill it
4) Be confident, be assertive
5) Be *very* humble, but defend your opinions

 

Be humble...be thankful to the interviewer that you even got called in for a face to face.

My friend asked me for advice upon going to an interview. He was out of work at the time and a position came up in a bond selling/trading company. I told him to tell the interviewer that he would work for free for a month on a trial basis just to show the guy how badly he wanted the job and how confident he was that he could succeed.

he compnay hired him, sponsored him for the Series 7 exam, and 6 months later he is on pace to make about 100K in his first year at the company.

 

Great advice, except I can't see T_J taking number five.

 

Don't overthink what you are seeking going in. Just go in and have a conversation. It seems that I have always done worse in an interview when I try to answer the questions the way I think they want them answered.

This isn't a game...it's a conversation.

 

Exactly. Don't worry about it so much either. I know it's tough getting jobs right now, but every interview I've been on, I'd always think to myself, "I could do better, I don't care about this one", and it always made me relax. Then I quit worrying about what they wanted to hear and decided to just say what I wanted to (to a certain obvious extent).

 

<b>Confidence</b> is the key. Put on your "game face". (consider it part of the package with your interview suit) Walk in there like you own the place, like this is exactly the type of job you're comfortable with and you have every right to be there. Expect to fit in. Give the impression that you are in control. Be friendly and conversational; do <i>not</i> look intimidated or like you are waiting to pass a test/ follow orders.

Before long, it will have this psychological effect on your interviewers. It's funny how people work. (note: this works best if the job is a good fit for you. if it's not, then trust me, you don't want it anyway) Come with ideas about how you can improve things at their place of business. Midway through, start talking (almost) like you already work there. Exhibit enough of a comfort level with their business, and professionalism, and it will be like sending subliminal messages that say "hire me... you are going to hire me.... you have already hired me... you are getting sleepy... very sleepy..."

Good luck! Keep us posted on how it went.

 

I interview very well...it's just getting jobs that I have trouble with.

Interview tip #1: When asked to describe your weaknesses, "I have a drinking problem and like to pinch women's asses", is not the best answer...

 

To exhibit mammalian dominance over your interviewer, I suggest standing up at a surprising moment, unzipping your fly, and urinating all over the interviewer's desk. Throwing feces and/or mounting the interviewer would also qualify as mammalian "alpha" behavior.

edit: is it just me, or do other people perceive that A-train and I are often the most helpful posters in serious threads like this?

 

always have questions. when they ask, "do you have any questions for me" you should always have at least 3. probe about the company, the group, the environment, and have at least one specific technical question about the area you will be working in and its relationship to the company.

i've been told that i interview fairly well because i'm blunt, honest, and confident.

 

Quite often the question being asked is to see "how" you respond and not necessarily the content of the answer. Are you confident in your response, do you look dazed and confused etc. Good Luck..........I hate Interviews

 

Carry a dead marmaset in your pocket and when they ask you a question you don't want to answer pull out the marmaset and say "we don't like that do we Mr. Muffins?".

 

Now that was funny

 

Hey, at least you guys probably didn’t do what these people did in interviews – supposedly true stories:

<i>6. She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and the music at the same time.

8. Applicant challenged interviewer to arm wrestle.

10. Announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french fries in the interviewer's office.

15. Wouldn't get out of the chair until I would hire him. I had to call the police.

20. Pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a flash picture of me. Said he collected photos of everyone who interviewed him.

23. While I was on a long-distance phone call, the applicant took out a copy of Penthouse, and looked through the photos only, stopping longest at the centerfold.

24. During the interview, an alarm clock went off from the candidate's brief case. He took it out, shut it off, apologized and said he had to leave for another interview.

28. He took off his right shoe and sock, removed a medicated foot powder and dusted it on the foot and in the shoe. While he was putting back the shoe and sock, he mentioned that he had to use the powder four times a day, and this was the time.

29. Candidate said he really didn't want to get a job, but the unemployment office needed proof that he was looking for one.

31. She threw-up on my desk, and immediately started asking questions about the job, like nothing had happened.

32. Pointing to a black case he carried into my office, he said that if he was not hired, the bomb would go off. Disbelieving, I began to state why he would never be hired and that I was going to call the police. He then reached down to the case, flipped a switch and ran. No one was injured, but I did need to get a new desk. </i>

(found these and more at http://www.thatsrich.com/intview.htm)

 

now that's a man i think i could be friends with!