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Ultimate interview: master the art of interview success with 100s of typical, unusual and industry-specific questions and answers
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Kogan Page
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Table of Contents
From the Book - Fifth edition, PB.
1.Know your enemy
Understanding interviewers
What do they want?
What sort of things are they looking for?
What will happen at the interview?
What sort of questions will they ask?
How do they know what they're looking for?
2.Prepare yourself
What you need to know before the interview
What should you prepare?
Exhibit 1 Evidence that you meet their needs
Exhibit 2 Reassuring answers and explanations
Exhibit 3 Industry knowledge
Exhibit 4 The reasons you want this job
3.Standing out
How to be an outstanding candidate
Why are these qualities so important?
4.Answering questions
What the interviewer will ask and what you need to tell them
Make a good impression
Three cardinal rules
5.Starting the interview
What to expect from the interview and how to begin confidently
6.Questions they ask everybody
Standard questions you should prepare for
7.Behavioural questions
Some questions dig deeper than others
What are the important points?
8.Questions for practical jobs
Core question, 'Are you reliable?'
Professional knowledge
9.Questions for creative jobs
Core question, 'Will you deliver'
Professional knowledge
10. Questions for clerical and administrative jobs
Core question, 'Are you efficient?'
Professional knowledge
11. Questions for sales and marketing jobs
Core question, 'Can you sell?'
Professional knowledge
12.Questions for technical jobs
Core question, 'Can you do the job?'
Professional knowledge
13.Questions for management jobs
Core question, 'Will you get results?'
Professional knowledge
14.Questions for customer relations jobs
Core question, 'Are you customer focused?'
Professional knowledge
15.Questions for school and college leavers jobs
Core question, 'What to do if you don't have experience'
Transferable skills
Professional knowledge
16.Tackling the difficult questions
Handling questions about perceived areas of weakness
Inappropriate and illegal questions
17.Dealing with tricky questions
What to say when there's no clear answer
Dealing with critical or negative questions
questions about salary
Answering closed questions
18.Answering off-the-wall questions
What is the interviewer really asking
Questions asking you to work something out
'Psychological' questions
19.Your questions for the interviewer
What to ask at the end of the interview
20.Variations on the theme
Different types of interview and how to deal with them confidently
Screening interviews
Telephone interviews
Video interviews
Panel interviews
Serial interviews
Assessment centres
Informal interviews
Second interviews
21.The interview: future trends
Tasks and tests that are already in use and how to prepare for them
The interview - future trends
Making a presentation
Showing your portfolio
Technical and attainsment tests
Physical tests
Job-replica exercises
Group exercises
Psychometric tests
Future possibilities
22.Looking the part
Making a good impression from the start
appearance
Behavior
- Overcoming nerves
23.What happens next?
What to do after the interview
While you're waiting for their decision
If they don't make you an offer
If they do make you an offer
24.Interviews in a nutshell
The three essential questions you need to know about
Can you do the job?
Will you do the job?
Will you fit in?
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9780749481384
