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The 3 Key Ways to Ace the Phone Interview

Hiring managers sometimes employ phone interviews to get a quick sense of whether a candidate is ready for the next step. The way candidates present themselves and answer key questions will determine whether or not they make it to the next phase in the hiring process. That’s when you roll out all the stops and ace the phone interview. Get to the perfect spot Find a place where you’ll be audible during your phone interview – a hiring…

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The Worst Interview Mistake: You Badmouth Your Former Boss

Let’s face it – not every job is going to be peaches and cream. Maybe it’s the office atmosphere or maybe it’s an incompatibility with your employer, but the fact remains that you were unsatisfied on the job. When the opportunity arises to badmouth your former boss in an interview, you may be tempted to just open up and vent. Here’s why that urge is one of the biggest interview mistakes you can make. How It Happens No interviewer will…

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Why Your 5 Year Plan Matters in Job Interviews

Unless you’re a newly inaugurated political leader, it’s hard to imagine anyone giving your 5 year plan a second thought. However, hiring managers often encourage candidates to take an introspective moment and answer, “Where do you want to be in 5 years?” That response can have a substantial impact on your chances for success. Answers to “where do you want to be in 5 years?” can provide hiring managers with a wealth of insight about…

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The Right Answer to “Why Do You Want This Job?”

Sometimes the simplest questions can be the hardest to answer. In a job interview, you expect to be asked certain common interview questions. These allow interviewers to distill your professional career down to positive and negative attributes which can then be weighed. Most interview questions can be easily decoded but “why do you want this job?” is almost a bit oversimplified. Do you just give your unfiltered opinion? Will any old answer…

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5 Questions You Want to Ask Interviewers (But Know You Shouldn’t)

Your job interview isn’t like the Dating Game. The interviewer doesn’t sit on one side of a partition, rattling off questions until he or she figures you out. Both people are out in the open and questions can fly back and forth until you’ve both made your decision. This doesn’t give you the license to glibly ask whatever comes to mind. Some questions can make a hiring manager leery of your intent. Others can sour a budding rapport. At…

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Are You Sabotaging Your Job Interview Before it Begins?

There is a lot you can do during a job interview that will affect your chances of landing the position. But are your actions before the interview ruining your chances? Use these tips to up your odds of getting the job before you even meet the hiring manager. The 10 Minute Rule Showing up late to a job interview is arguably the worst thing you can do. However, walking through the door 20-30 minutes before your scheduled time can be seen as an…

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Mind the Employment Gap: Explaining Time Off to Hiring Managers

Do you view employment gaps as a blemish on your resume? Most people have one, and they stand out worse than a pimple on picture day. You just have to confront them with confidence and poise. Deception is not the better part of valor Employment gaps don’t have to be stashed away like a dark family secret. Lying or trying to cover them up is as foolhardy as faking proficiency with certain skills. So don’t try to pull one over on the…

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How to Answer Interview Questions About Office Conflicts

Not every office relationship is going to be copacetic. Hiring managers know this. So, don’t be surprised when you’re asked “how did you handle an office conflict?” It’s an opportunity to make a strong pitch. Why dredge up the past? A good resume is saturated with your technical skills, but often falls short in depicting your soft skills and personality. That knowledge gap is filled in during the interview with questions like “how…

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4 Ways to Talk About a Time When You Failed

Few interview questions catch people flatfooted quite like this one. When asked to talk about a time when you failed, your first instinct may be to panic. You’ve built up all this positive momentum with your interviewer only to take your interview off the cliff. Even the first syllable of your response may be scary, but a strong answer can distinguish you from the competition. 1.) Stick to Examples Early in Your Career Did you bungle something…

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Interview Question: How Do You Evaluate Success?

One of the most open-ended questions a hiring manager can ask during the interview is, “How do you evaluate success?” It’s a straightforward question that doesn’t conceal its actual meaning, but it doesn’t really have a right answer either. Tackling this question requires you to know the company just as well as you know yourself. Don’t wax philosophical about it It’s best to leave out Nietzsche’s ideas on Perspectivism or…

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