If you want to get into sales, you need to be able to sell yourself. In many ways that’s what all job interviews are – a chance for you to show that you’re a master at selling things that the other person doesn’t know they want. If you’re applying to sales jobs you have to[…]
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This can be quite a tricky question to answer. You need to appear to be able to work independently but also show that you don’t have any unhealthy issues with authority that would make you difficult or unpleasant to work with. Interviewers like to ask what you expect from your bosses and supervisors for 2[…]
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We mention time and time again that it is important to ask questions at your job interview. As long as your questions are intelligent and make the interviewer think, they are good questions. You can ask questions in the beginning, the middle, at the end of your interview – you can even ask questions with[…]
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In case you were not aware, company research is important. Lots and lots and lots of it. Know more about the company than some of the staff do, because you will be tested on that knowledge in your interview, and you need to be able to answer accordingly. How to Answer If you are asked[…]
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You may be wondering how important references are in the job interview process and do employees even ring referees at all or do they just glance over the list? The short answer is yes they do and you need to be prepared. How to Answer This is not a very difficult question as long as you[…]
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If you are a bad listener, you are not going to get the job. No one that answers questions incorrectly and interrupts the interviewer is going to wow them with their amazing professionalism. If your listening skills suck, you’re probably not getting the position. Still, you may be asked to tell the interviewer how your[…]
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“Readiness, Recuperation, and Conditioning.” Boiling yourself down to a few words is annoying. Interviewers love annoying things. So there you go. Are you ready to be annoyed? What three words describe you? How to Answer Once again, this is an example of a question that does not have any wrong answer, provided you don’t sound[…]
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The key to answering questions about your work environment is to simply ensure that what you say is a part of the company. For example, you do not want to say “I like a relaxed work environment” if the company considers itself fast paced; and here’s a tip – all companies consider themselves fast pace.[…]
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Remember that time that you were asked to take out the trash, and you didn’t want to take out the trash, so you convinced the janitorial staff that the trash was their duty even though it wasn’t so that they took out the trash for you? Yeah, that may have felt good, but that wasn’t[…]
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