You're getting your first interview faster than average, if what I'm hearing from other people I know is at all accurate... This is a good sign.
To get you into the right mood, here's http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife ... index.html]CNN's list of Top 10 Interview Mistakes. Don't do these.
Then, to get you into the wrong mood , here's http://abcnews.go.com/Business/job-inte ... id=8940390]ABC News' Job Interview Horror Stories. However your interview goes, remember: it could have been as bad as one of these.
And here's SnagAJob's http://www.snagajob.com/job-resources/j ... -tips.aspx]Job Interview Tips, with an interactive "interview game".
One more thing... I've found that almost every interviewer asks something along the line of "what do you hope to get from this job?" Apparently, what they're really asking is "what can you give the company if we give you this job?" Focus on the synergy between you and the company (and learn to at least tolerate phrases such as "focus on the synergy" until you've got the job...)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Quote:It's also in Manhattan, on Fifth Avenue, on the day of the ticker-tape parade for the Yankees.You might want to get there early, unless you can avoid the crowds at street level somehow.
To get you into the right mood, here's http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife ... index.html]CNN's list of Top 10 Interview Mistakes. Don't do these.
Then, to get you into the wrong mood , here's http://abcnews.go.com/Business/job-inte ... id=8940390]ABC News' Job Interview Horror Stories. However your interview goes, remember: it could have been as bad as one of these.
And here's SnagAJob's http://www.snagajob.com/job-resources/j ... -tips.aspx]Job Interview Tips, with an interactive "interview game".
One more thing... I've found that almost every interviewer asks something along the line of "what do you hope to get from this job?" Apparently, what they're really asking is "what can you give the company if we give you this job?" Focus on the synergy between you and the company (and learn to at least tolerate phrases such as "focus on the synergy" until you've got the job...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012