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Are you ready for an interview?  A checklist

Can you... ? 

  • Find out about the position before the interview? 
  • Say that you have done your homework? (What do you know about the company?) 
  • Consider and prepare answers to possible questions?
  • Say that your grooming is excellent?
  • Speak confidently about your skills and abilities?
  • Speak with a level of interest and enthusiasm about the position?
  • Listen carefully to the interviewer?
  • Answer questions calmly and clearly?
  • Consider your answers carefully, thoughtfully? (you have the right to think before you answer) 
  • Talk about your previous positions/employers/colleagues in a positive way?
  • Be cautious about the way you use your body language?
  • Say that you have put together a portfolio?
  • Say that you have spare copies of your curriculum vitae?
  • Ask relevant questions that have not been covered?
  • Speak with confidence because you have had plenty of practice through mock interviews.

 

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