Strategies of the Employment Interview
OBJECTIVE:
The only objective of an employment interview should be to get a job offer. Many people, however, go into an interview speculating whether or not
they would take the job if it is offered to them. This is premature thinking at best, and a sure way not to get the job offer at worst. For until you actually
get the offer you have no decision to make. When you actually do have the job offer in hand, and only then, do you have a choice to make.
With this objective in mind you will be dealing from
a position of strength. It's better to turn an
employer down for a job that you come to decide
isn't right for you, than to have an employer turn
you down for a job you really want. To accomplish
this objective of getting the job offer, it is
important to look at the interview from the
employer's point of view, not your own. He/She wants
to know how you can help them not how they can help
you. In essence, it's your job to "sell" the
employer that what you have done in the past and
what you want to do in the future meets their needs. Once the employer is convinced that you
can help them and they make you a job offer, then you'll want to be sure that this is a job you want. You'll need to have answers to your questions regarding
salary reviews, benefits, vacation, etc. But always bring up these issues after you've gotten the job offer, never before.
The first interview you have with the company is the most critical in the process of getting the job. When you go for the first interview you must keep in
mind that you are there to sell yourself, to be interviewed by the company, and not to interview the company. Avoid asking questions during this first
interview. Instead, spend your efforts on selling yourself, your accomplishments and how they match up with the client's opening. Sell your knowledge, skills
and accomplishments. If the client likes you and wants to go further than the first interview, there will be plenty of time to get answers to every question
you have.
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