Comments on: How to Ace a Job Interview http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/ Helping you find your purpose and navigate your quarter-life crisis in style Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:03:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: janet http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-865 janet Mon, 19 May 2008 02:13:16 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-865 This is a great list. As someone who has been on a lot of interviews in the past year, I can agree with all of them. It's important to also interview them, though in a respectful way. You are trying to find a mutual fit, after all! How about, Send a Thank You Note? This is a great list. As someone who has been on a lot of interviews in the past year, I can agree with all of them. It’s important to also interview them, though in a respectful way. You are trying to find a mutual fit, after all!

How about, Send a Thank You Note?

]]> By: Aleta http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-798 Aleta Thu, 15 May 2008 14:56:07 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-798 Excellent advise in this post and in the responses. I haven't been on an interview in ages (hired back in 1992 with this company), but times are changing and who knows what the future will hold. It's a shame there isn't a course in college or even in high school to better prepare students for the "real world." They learn a great deal in the classroom, but not how to be professional. Excellent advise in this post and in the responses. I haven’t been on an interview in ages (hired back in 1992 with this company), but times are changing and who knows what the future will hold.

It’s a shame there isn’t a course in college or even in high school to better prepare students for the “real world.” They learn a great deal in the classroom, but not how to be professional.

]]> By: Leah http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-796 Leah Thu, 15 May 2008 14:43:29 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-796 If you have anything physically noticeable going on, be upfront. Once I had an interview for a job that involved answering the phone all day, and I had lost my voice prior to the interview. Had I not explained that to her, she would have thought that I had an unpleasant scratchy voice, probably not suitable to the job. Also, I have a problem where my ears will close up and force me to yawn a lot. After trying to stifle a yawn too many times in an interview, the guy finally asked me if I had to yawn, and I was totally embarrassed. Now I'm just upfront and say that my ears close up on occasion and that it forces me to yawn, but that I'm not bored, tired, or disrespecting the interviewer in any way. If something is stuck in your eye, be honest about it and excuse yourself to the bathroom to work it out so they don't think you have a weird blinking issue. Suffering from allergies, and your eyes are all watery and red? They can see that too. Admit that you are human, and the interviewer will be more understanding, because he or she can probably relate. Try to hide it, and you will just look strange or inattentive. If you have anything physically noticeable going on, be upfront. Once I had an interview for a job that involved answering the phone all day, and I had lost my voice prior to the interview. Had I not explained that to her, she would have thought that I had an unpleasant scratchy voice, probably not suitable to the job.

Also, I have a problem where my ears will close up and force me to yawn a lot. After trying to stifle a yawn too many times in an interview, the guy finally asked me if I had to yawn, and I was totally embarrassed. Now I’m just upfront and say that my ears close up on occasion and that it forces me to yawn, but that I’m not bored, tired, or disrespecting the interviewer in any way.

If something is stuck in your eye, be honest about it and excuse yourself to the bathroom to work it out so they don’t think you have a weird blinking issue.

Suffering from allergies, and your eyes are all watery and red? They can see that too.

Admit that you are human, and the interviewer will be more understanding, because he or she can probably relate.

Try to hide it, and you will just look strange or inattentive.

]]> By: kel http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-795 kel Thu, 15 May 2008 12:53:05 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-795 Good tips! I am one of the ones who gets so nervous that I tend to come off as either 'scared' or 'over confident.' I either talk too much or not enough...I have a hard time finding a happy medium. I'm working on it.... Have a great day! ~K Good tips! I am one of the ones who gets so nervous that I tend to come off as either ’scared’ or ‘over confident.’ I either talk too much or not enough…I have a hard time finding a happy medium.

I’m working on it….
Have a great day!
~K

]]> By: Cynthia http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-794 Cynthia Thu, 15 May 2008 12:24:54 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-794 I agree. Don't brag! Ugh. So Annoying. Everything else is on point. I've had to sit in on plenty of interviews. I agree. Don’t brag!
Ugh. So Annoying. Everything else is on point.
I’ve had to sit in on plenty of interviews.

]]> By: Gilahi http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-793 Gilahi Thu, 15 May 2008 12:19:23 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-793 Be positive about your accomplishments, but don't engage in braggadocio. I once interviewed a guy whose resume described him as "an all-around walking encyclopedia". When I asked him about this description of himself, he said that he liked to tell people the he had "to get a running start to leap a tall building." No way I was going to work with, much less try to manage this guy. Be positive about your accomplishments, but don’t engage in braggadocio. I once interviewed a guy whose resume described him as “an all-around walking encyclopedia”. When I asked him about this description of himself, he said that he liked to tell people the he had “to get a running start to leap a tall building.” No way I was going to work with, much less try to manage this guy.

]]> By: MizFit http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-792 MizFit Thu, 15 May 2008 10:20:24 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/15/how-to-ace-a-job-interview/#comment-792 nothing to add as youve NAILED IT----giggle that we (the royal) still need to be TOLD number six. but we do :) nothing to add as youve NAILED IT—-giggle that we (the royal) still need to be TOLD number six.

but we do :)

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