Your Interview – What To Do And What Not To Do

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The notgoingtouni team have a wealth of recruitment experience and have interviewed thousands of people over many years. Here are some straight forward tips to ensure you get that job!

Before The Interview

These are tough times, so you’re going to be up against a lot of competition, whatever kind of job you’re applying for. So let’s see what you need to do to create the impression that you really are the best of the bunch. First off, you need to do a lot more research about your future employer (we might as well start with a spot of positive thinking here!) than just reading through their recruitment ad again. The more you show you know about the company and their business, the more of an impact you’re going to make on the interviewers. And that could make the difference between “We’ll let you know” and “When can you start?”

Ok so I’m doing some research what should I be looking for :

1) What is the company’s annual turnover?

2) How many employees do they have?

3) How many offices?

4) The company’s key clients.

5) Have they acquired any businesses?

6) The company ethos.

7) Have they grown quickly?
Check their news section on the website.

This information will allow you to drop things into the interview and you should also have a list of questions to ask – this shows real interest in their business, and you are subtly saying “I want to make sure this is the right company for me as I am a great employee and want to make the right choice”.

The Interview

Here are some key things to take on board:

1) Map your route to the interview – and check how much time to allow for the trip. Then add a bit more, for those unforeseen travel hiccups.

2) Know who you are seeing and their position.

3) And as for the way you should be dressing, don’t forget you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. You want to show the interviewers that you’re sensible and businesslike, so that means a dark suit plain shirt and uninteresting tie for men (plus well-polished shoes of course), and a trouser suit or smart skirt and blouse for women.

4) Avoid crazy hair styles and strange piercing (they maybe fine once you have the job?)

5) First impressions really DO count! So a nice firm handshake with a “good morning Mr Johnson, I’m Simon Smith, pleased to meet you”.

6) Switch your mobile off before you arrive.

7) Bring along a copy of your CV, even though you’ll have sent one already. And if you have written references, bring copies of those along, too.
Think through how you will respond to the standard questions.

9) To finish, you’ll have the chance to ask those questions you’ve prepared earlier.

10) When the interview draws to its close, the interviewer will ask if you have any more questions. Most people will answer “no”, or jokily say they’ll think of at least three as soon as they walk out the door. Don’t do that – this is your chance to blow the competition away with your final question, along these lines: “What else can I tell you to show I’m the right person for this job? How can I clear up any doubts you may have about how suitable I am for your company? Please tell me, because I’ve come here with the specific objective of being chosen for this position.” You’ll have to put that into your own words, of course, but when you do so, you’ll be giving the interviewer the chance to air any concerns about your suitability … and giving yourself the chance to counter them. It’ll be your only opportunity to do this, so make the most of it!

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