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Get It Right - Interviewing

Congratulations! You submitted your résumé for your dream job and now the company wants to interview you! Before you get the job offer, you'll have to go through an interview or two or three. By the time you get to the third, you'll be more comfortable, but what about the first and second? How do you:

  • Keep your cool?
  • Answer the tough questions with confidence?
  • Connect with your interviewers?
  • Get the job offer?

Most people look forward to interviewing as much as they look forward to going to the dentist - it's going to be an uncomfortable experience. If you're a little rusty (i.e., haven't been on an interview in a LONG time) or have never had an interview, how do you prepare? One word sums it up ...

PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE! 

Just as an attorney practices her skills at a mock trial, you can practice interviewing at a mock interview. And, we can help! We know the questions the interviewer is likely to ask. We know the answers the interviewer wants to hear. We can coach you to deliver the responses that will keep you in the running and may help you get the job offer.

Fees: Starting at $175. Contact us.


 
Answer the tough questions

Sample responses to answer the question: “Why  were you fired?”

Being cut loose was a blessing in disguise.

My competencies were not the right match for my previous employer's needs ...

Perhaps I didn't fully understand my boss's expectations ...

The job wasn't working out ... my boss and I agreed ... time for me to move on ...

I realize I should have done some things differently ... job was a learning experience ... I'm wiser now ...

Read more  by Joyce Lain Kennedy, the nation's first syndicated careers columnist.

 


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