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Job Interview Tips 1. Self Knowledge Prior to interviewing, a candidate should be able to answer each of the following questions:- · How do your education and work history relate to this organization? · How to your interest, values, skills, personality and goals match the organization or job description? · What are your achievements? Accomplishments? · What are your personal strengths? Weakness? · What kind of Job do you want, and what do u want from the Job? · What attract you to this Job? Organization a filed? · What skills do u have and enjoy using? · What are your short-term and long term goals · What are your salary requirements? The first open ended question an interviewer will ask “Tell me about yourself” 2. Knowledge about the Organization Different Type of Organizations will require that you locate different typed of information for an interview. For each, it is important that you find the organization’s mission statement or guiding philosophy. e.g. Higher Education Institutions · What major programs and concentration are offered? · What emphasis is placed on teaching, research and public service? · What are the funding sources (Private or Public)? · What is the Institutions reputation and accreditation status? Non – Profit Organizations · What are the objections of the agency? · When does it receive funding? · What are some of its programmes? · What services do they offer? · What are the plans for future? · What is the organization’s financial status? · What is the growth record? Types of Interview 1. Screening Interview 2. General Interview 3. Second or selection Interview 4. Phone 1. A short-term interview designed basically to eliminate unqualified candidates. Based on these brief interviews, a determination is made to invite the candidate in for a second interview or selection interview. 2. One half-hour one hour in duration a general interview provides for an exchange of enough information to enable both employer and candidate to determination if the contact is warranted. This interview may be conducted by a personal representative or s member of selection team or committee. 3. One hour to an entire day in duration, both employer and candidate engage in more in-depth discussion of qualification, responsibilities and other aspects of the position and the organization. The candidates in seriously being considered for the position and the interviewer must gain as much information as possible to make a final discussion. After other members of the staff or selection committee will participate in this interview session. For Profit Company · What services or products do they offer? · What is their organizational structure? · When one the home offices and branches? · How old is the organization? · What are its plans and goals for the future? · What is the organizations financial status? · What is growth record? · What are its relocation policies? · What is the percent of annual growth in earnings? · What is a typical Career? · Who are the main competitors? o Company’s Culture o How employees dress Other Common turn-offs include: · Lack of initiative · Ask no question about the position or organization · Lack of Confidence · Lack of career focus / goals · Failure to express thanks · Indecisiveness · Overbearing, concerted tone · Narrow interests · Strange Prejudices · Cynical attitude · Lack of Participation or interest. 4. Phone – Increasingly, employers are performing general and screening, interviews by phone. Phone interview can be different because you receive little non-verbal feedback from the person asking questions. Matters can be made even worse of you are on a speaker phone. In this type of situation make sure that you are in a quite area and can speak freely and loudly. Negative Interview Factors · Poor personal appearance · Late for Interview · Limp handshake · Poor eye contact · Discourtesy · Tactlessness · Immaturity · Passive or indifferent manner · Poor verbal communication Observe that none of these are directly related to your skills and abilities. These are sociable relationship oriented items.

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