Three Essential Interviewing Secrets You Must Know to Quickly Land Your Next Job (173 hits)
Secret #1 - Know your prospective new employer
Take your time to do your research before the interview. Preparation is an absolute must. Before your interview, you should take the time to learn all you can about the industry and trends in the industry, the company you are interviewing with, their strengths and weaknesses, their competitors, and the challenges that they are facing. You should also take the time to learn about the interviewer...
Secret #2 - Know your value proposition and how you will deliver ROI to your new employer
It is essential that you understand the bottom-line motivation of every company: that each of their employees deliver value—a return on their investment in hiring that employee. Value and returns can be defined in a variety of ways, so it is helpful to remember that at the core every job is designed for one or more of three purposes:
1) To make money for the company
2) To save money for the company
3) To solve a problem for the company
... Prior to your interview, it is essential that you give some deep reflection to the questions of how YOU will make contributions to your prospective new employer.
Secret #3 - Be prepared with success stories to illustrate your proven ability to add value
At this point, you are probably thinking about preparing to answer questions during the interview. The best way to do this is NOT to just prepare memorized speeches to the hundreds of potential questions you might be asked! Sure, you should be familiar with typical interview questions and be ready with a general strategy for answering them. But if you put too much time into memorizing them, your answers will come across as stilted and rehearsed, and when you are asked an unexpected question you are likely to freeze.
Remember this essential truth: At its very core, a job search is a marketing campaign very similar to any other marketing campaign in which you are selling a product or service. But in a job search you are selling the ultimate product - YOURSELF!...
