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Category Archives: job seeker

handling questions about you in the workplace

Typically, an interviewer, once past the opening question, “so tell me about yourself”, will proceed to validate your “speech” with questions about your background. Interviewers want to see consistency here. This part of an interview is where most of the time is spent. Why? Because your past is a strong indication of your future and [...]

job interview questions you will be asked

If you are reading this, you probably are preparing for an upcoming interview or you have been interviewed in the past and were asked one or more of these questions. We recommend you treat this list as something you would study rather than read. Have your answers written out and practiced before you go to [...]

handling the opening question, “so tell me about yourself”

I have asked this question each time I have met a prospective job seeker and I have yet to meet someone who handles this question well. If you take the time to know what your answer is in advance of your interview, you will most certainly stand out amongst the competition. The organization has a [...]

how to prepare to ace an interview

Go back to a time when you bought something from a salesperson who left you feeling so good that you wanted to buy. I am not referring to the slick and fast talking salespeople here. I am talking about the salesperson that made your buying experience a genuine pleasure, which, incidentally is how it should [...]

managing the inept interviewer / learner interviewer

Typically the inept interviewer appears near the end of the hiring process, however, you should be ready for the inept interviewer to appear at any stage of the hiring process. This is not a major issue. It is just one of those things you have to be ready for and deal with in that moment.

the hiring interview

So this is it – your final interview. You have been focused on what is present and what is next. You know the end point. You know that you will either get the job or you won’t get the job and you just kept going one moment to the next. After this interview, you will [...]