JOB INTERVIEW

BE REAL

The best approach is to be

honest
and
forthright.
Give an honest idea about
yourself and target your
presentation to the needs
of the employer.

BE TOGETHER.

Pay attention to the details of the

interview such as the exact time of
the interview, the food, and the rest
needed for conditioning your body.
Remember that tardiness is the kiss
of death in interview and hunger
causes poor performance. People are
judged by their appearance so you
should be at your best and must have
some ideas of the standard of
dressing the employees of the
company follow.

AGGRESSIVENESS AND
ENTHUSIASM

Show self-confidence and

self-assurance through your
stories and gestures that
reveal your desire or drive to
excel and to prove your
expertise in a certain field.
Showing your interest in the
product of the company is a
good way of proving your

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
You are now in the era of
globalization or age of information
that allows knowledge explosion
through free exchange of science
and technology, so you must
show that you have the ability to
convey information, ideas, and
attitudes clearly and convincingly.

PROOF OF SUCCESS

Tell your success story but

stress
your
distinctive
participation in this story,
like the contribution you
made to solve a certain
problem an involvement of
yourself that highlights your
significance as a person.

RATIONAL THINKING

Give signs of your ability to

think clearly, critically, and
creatively and the ability to
see new angles of a certain
issue
or
problem.
Your
problem-solving
techniques
must give them the notion
that you are a high-level
thinker and a problem solver.

MATURITY

Always remember that the

principal objective of the
company is to benefit from
you, not to raise you. Thus,
in times of adversities, show
you can stand stress ability
and
tenacity
to
stand
pressure.

PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION

SKILLS

Streamlining or reorganization in
offices happen periodically. You
have to show how you can affect
this effectively in a department
you belong to, like showing the
employer that you have clear
strategies
for
analyzing
problems, carrying out plans,
and evaluating results.

INTERVIEW PROCESS AND

THE STEPS THAT YOU HAVE
TO FOLLOW.(KANTER 1995)

STEP 1 SELF ANALYSIS

This permits you to take stock

of yourself or to have a selfinventory. The probability of
reaching your goals is high if you
know yourself, your status,
strengths,
weaknesses,
achievements, and position.

STEP 2 PREPARATION OF
RSUM

Your rsum serves as your silent

sales representative, hence you
should know how to prepare it.
Employ
professionalism
and
persuasiveness in making this.

STEP 3 SEARCHING OF JOB

Look for job openings that jibe with

your rsum. You can do this by
networking with your relatives, friends,
past professors, and agents. A job
connotes money, hence to downplay the
idea
of
materialism,
use
career
opportunity.

STEP 4 PROJECTING A
FAVORABLE IMPRESSION

Be positive or optimistic in
viewing things. Bad-mouthing
people will immediately end an
interview.

STEP 5 ANSWERING
QUESTIONS

To ensure success in this step,

anticipate the kinds of questions to be
asked. Ask your friend to be your partner
in practicing this step. In case
nervousness sneaks into the picture,
concentrate on whats going on and
continue
answering
the
questions.
Successful answers are clear, succinct,
specific, and straight to the point.

STEP 6 ASKING QUESTIONS

If you are given the chance to do this, ask

questions carefully and thoughtfully. Your
questions can reveal a lot about your values,
interests,
nature,
intelligence,
etc.
Questions that will earn your big points are
open-ended questions that dwell on the
problems of the position and the
organization, rather than closed questions
like those on trivial matters money,
benefits, salary, uniforms, etc.

STEP 7 EVALUATION/FOLLOWUP

Never forget to thank the person

who interviewed you. You can do
this by sending him a thank you
note. In fact, this can be a good way
to follow up your application and to
make yourself memorable or notable
in the mind of the employer.
Likewise, this shows a sign of the
interest you have in the company.