Tips to Ace the Job Interview:
Passing It in Flying Colours .. cont part 2
Job Interview Tip # 3: Dress Appropriately.
This is quite simple, but often taken for granted. Specific industries and certain positions require that you dress up accordingly. Make sure you know what is acceptable according to the company’s standards – and not merely to what you think it to be. How you look still does matter in most cases.
Prepare the clothes the night before or even earlier. Shine your shoes. Make sure you will come for the interview neat and clean.
Women should preferably come in with a conservative suit, coordinated blouse and limited jewelry. There should be a decent hairstyle and sparse make-up. Avoid short skirts that probably won’t fit in a conservative business environment.
For men, a conservative suit is also in order with a white long sleeve shirt. Conservative tie, clean and professional shoes and a neat hairstyle are suggested. If possible make sure to cover body parts with tattoos.
First impressions do have an effect. While there should be no discrimination as well to this regard, but you should leave no room for such to affect your job application. In the real scenario, how you look plays a major part on how interviewers will judge you.
Your appropriate suits or dresses are worthwhile investments for your job and career. Allocate and spend some money for these, eventually and after landing the job you want, you can easily cover up these expenses.
Job Interview Tip # 4: Be ready to answer well the seemingly silly questions.
There are job interviewers who are more adventurous with their questioning. Some may ask, “If you were an animal, what would you be?” Such questions may put you off-guard, but you need not be – there is no right or wrong answers for these. It all boils down to how you justify your answers.
You could say that you’d be a tiger, as you’ll never stop until you catch your prey (or hit your goals?). Or you could also say that you’d be a deer, as you will ensure that there will be no cutthroat competition within your department, and that there will be harmony and teamwork where you will be assigned. So whether you are the predator, or even the prey, as long as you give it a good justification – that will be good and acceptable enough.
Job Interview Tip # 5: Practice, practice and practice.
You may also try to practice your answers to general questions you think will be asked. There are also some technical questions that you should be able to discuss with ease so that the interviewer will find you to be knowledgeable and eloquent.
If you can, try to be in front of the mirror and watch your gestures and mannerisms as well. Eliminate those that you feel you need to take out, and practice having a decent body language that go well with your answers.
Continued: Job Interview Tip # 6:Have a positive attitude
