Jobs and Careers - Hilary Devey 2013 - (Page 52)
PERFECTING THE
Fine-tune your interview technique and get ahead of the competition
NTRODUCTIONS…
You can only make one first impression, and
the first 30 seconds of your interview are critical.
When introducing yourself to the interviewer, shake
their hand, smile and greet them (keeping it formal)
and remember: if there's more than one interviewer,
you need to greet them all with the same enthusiasm
– as well as keeping your attention split between them
throughout. As Dean Ball, Regional Managing Director
of global recruitment agency Michael Page, notes:
“First impressions are important, so definitely take
time to think about your appearance. However, most
interviews last for about an hour, so you need to be
prepared for the other 59 minutes as well.”
ARRATIVES
This may seem an unusual suggestion, but
narratives and stories are an important part
of the interview process. You're telling your story to an
employer in the hope that you'll soon be the leading
part in their narrative. Alastair Creamer, Founder of
Eyes Wide Opened (www.ewopened.com), says, “We
are so inundated with information, we look for the
stories in life that we can latch on to and remember.
Stories engage people. Our CVs and personal histories
are stories. Our answers in interviews are also potential
stories. So practise these well and feel comfortable
with telling them.”
WORDS: Jessie Bland | PICTURES: Getty Images, Shutterstock
IME-KEEPING...
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An essential, but often under-estimated, rule
for pulling off the perfect interview. Turning
up late sets your interview off to a bad start before it's
even begun. While, of course, many of us are made late
by matters out of our hands, it's important to think
practically when it comes to journey planning. Use
online planners such as www.journeyplanner.tfl.gov.
uk or www.maps.google.co.uk to estimate your journey
time from door to door, and then add an extra five or
10 minutes for each leg of the journey (or 20 minutes
to the total if you're driving the whole way). This
should give you a buffer for any delays or traffic jams.
If you're going to be late, call ahead to inform your
interviewer. Arrived early? Up to 15 minutes is prompt,
but half an hour is too early, so wander around or sit in
your car beforehand.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Jobs and Careers - Hilary Devey 2013
Ed's letter
Meet Hilary
News
Dress for success
Bags of style
Onwards and upwards
The path to enlightenment
On the job
Under operation
Under assessment
Question time
Rising up the ranks
Law and order
Make your search social
On the books
Getting graphic
Sowing the seeds
Making contact
On the move
Going green
Get the cogs turning
Building it up
On the factory floor
Engineering change
Take it up a gear
A rainy-day career
Bank on it
Full house
Talk shop
A clean slate
Hungry work
Quench your thirst
At your leisure
All's fair and square
Head in the clouds
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