Author: Leighton

08 Apr

Posted at 01:31h in Interviewing Tips by

Your resume is stellar, and you've written what has to be the best cover letter ever. You’re ecstatic—but not surprised—when the phone rings and you’re asked to come in for an interview. And while this step of the process is no cake walk, you've practiced your elevator pitch, gone through the hard questions, and checked off your interview prep check-list, and you think you’re ready. But not so fast. After checking all of those big things off your list, it’s important to think about the little ones. Truth is, interviewers pay attention to everything from the words you say to the shoes on your feet, and the tiniest of details could take you out of the running, without you even realizing it. Obviously, you can never know exactly what little things your interviewer will notice or care about, but there are a few “big” little things that you can easily address to help your...

07 Apr

Posted at 06:04h in Best Employers, Career Choices, Entrepreneurship, Fun, Interviewing Tips, Job Search Tips, Workplace by

Even for the most experienced amongst us, most job interviews can be stressful and nerve wracking. In order to give us the best chance of success we tend to prepare for many of the difficult questions we anticipate, questions like: Why should we hire you? What can you do for us that other candidates can’t? What are your key strengths and weaknesses? One can never predict how an interview will go and what questions you will get asked. You might get an interviewer who fires one tough question at you one after the other, or another who turns the interview into a more comfortable, natural two-way conversation. Therefore it is difficult to prepare and in most cases candidates practice the answers to a long list of possible questions. The problem here is that this can leave you over-prepared and consequently your pre-conceived answers come across a bit robotic. There are really only 3 questions you...