Preparing for Your Next Job InterviewBy Bryan Thorby
Once you get
call for interview, next thing that you need to do is prepare for it. You can never over prepare for an interview. The more prepared you are, harder it will be to make mistakes. It is best to prepare yourself emotionally as well as intellectually for an interview. Giving a great interview is not as hard as some may think, but not as easy as others do either. Here are a few things that must be done in order to prepare for your next interview.
Remember, during an interview, you are there to sell yourself to your prospective employer. You want to market yourself in most interesting way possible. Great preparation for interview is your best bet.
Do Your Research
It doesn't matter how much knowledge or experience you have about position that you have applied for it is disastrous to enter into an interview and not be able to tell your interviewer what their company is about. How else are you going to tell them why you feel that you would be a good addition to their company? The number of applicants willing to thoroughly research and invest both time and effort in preparing for an interview is very small. This presents you with an invaluable opportunity to outmaneuver competition.
Research company to find out about such things as products, services, location, head office, branches, clients, turnover, method of operation, growth history, future expansion plans, market presence, market share, annual reports, and financial information.
One way to research a company is to look up their website. You can get all of general knowledge about them that way, including names of key people and their job titles.
Know Your Contact
When called for an interview, it is useful to find out who will be doing interviewing and how many other people will be involved. It is nice to be able to greet your interviewer/s by name at beginning of interview without first being told who they are. It shows that you are on top of things, and have prepared before hand.
