There are a lot of important job interview tips and strategies that you need to implement to be successful. You need to research the company thoroughly. You need to remain positive throughout your interview. You need to come to the interview dressed appropriately, etc. Yet there are also several smaller tips that are important to[…]
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Asking questions is important. It shows you have interest in the company. It shows that you have intelligent thoughts. It shows that you are not simply looking for “any” job, but rather the right job for you. Yet not all questions are beneficial questions. There are a variety of questions that will make you look[…]
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In the last post, we looked at how (and when) to place your GPA in your resume. In some cases you will want to avoid placing your GPA because it is not up to the standards you expect the company will appreciate. Anything below a 3.0 is troublesome for some of the better jobs, and[…]
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College. It’s a great place to get drunk, fall in love, skip class, and occasionally go to class. Your GPA may be great, or it may be awful, or it may be somewhere in between. GPAs don’t really matter in the grand scheme of life. Unless you are going to graduate school, your GPA doesn’t[…]
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Employers want to know that you have interest in the company. They want to see, based on your job interview answers, that you are planning on helping their company succeed in both the short and long term. To gauge this they will ask you a number of interview questions designed to see how important working[…]
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“Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize that half of all people are stupider.” ~George Carlin There is a temptation to believe that your competition is filled with high quality, intelligent candidates that are ready to break out their rapier wit and Einstein-like intelligence at the interview and blow your chances of[…]
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During your job interview, you will be asked a lot of questions that about your qualifications, abilities, work history, education, etc., that are asking you to provide what you believe to be your “greatest” or “best” achievement or experience. For example: What is your greatest achievement? What was your best job that you held before[…]
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Interview questions can have hundreds of different purposes. Some interview questions are designed to trick you. Others are designed to learn more about your past. Others are designed to see if you will say something negative, and so on. All of these questions tell the interviewer something about who you are as a candidate that[…]
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In an earlier post, we discussed how the key to answering logic puzzles correctly is to take the question seriously, put thought into your answer, and show that you used logic to formulate that answer. Demonstrating that you use that level of thought is all you need to at least get partial credit from the[…]
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