An interview is a two-way street. Asking appropriate questions is a great opportunity to set you apart in a positive way from other people being considered for the job.
Archives for August 2015
(6.1) Ace Your Phone Interviews
You just learned that you won a job interview for a position that excites you — but there might be a slight catch.
Your first interview likely won’t be face to face. Instead, you’ll probably have a phone interview. If you do well in the phone screening, it’s likely you’ll be invited to meet with employees in person for the next interview.
Many companies use phone interviews as an initial employment screening strategy. Because they’re generally brief, phone interviews save companies time. So the chances are pretty good that, at some point in your job hunt, you’ll be asked to participate in 20-minute or so phone interview with either one or several employees.
In many ways, the way you prepare for a phone interview isn’t all that different from the way you’d get ready for a face-to-face interview — except for a few slight changes to your preparation tasks.
Here are those tasks…
(6.7) How to Close an Interview to Get One Step Closer to the Job Offer
There are techniques you can use to close an interview so the hiring manager will know that you want the job and you’ll be able to leave knowing the next steps in the hiring process.
The way you close an interview should be tailored to the position, your personality and interviewing style, and the interviewer. Here are some key points to keep in mind:
(5.4) “Tell Me About You”
The purpose of this module is preparing you to comfortably answer one – and only one – question: “Who are you?”
If you are unprepared to succinctly answer this question in a way to demonstrates your fit for the position, you’ll lose an important opportunity to make a great impression at the
Here’s how you can create a strong answer…
(8.6) Should You Let an Executive Recruiter Negotiate Your New Salary?
Executive recruiters get paid a fee by employers to find the right candidate. The more you earn, the higher the fee is for the recruiter.
If you discuss wanting a higher salary offer with a recruiter, they might tell you something like this: “My fee is based on your compensation. We are in this together!”
Should you believe them? The answer will surprise you. Watch this video to learn more…
(6.6) Handling Salary Discussions During an Interview
Your goal is to stall salary discussions until the company makes a job offer to you, because that’s when you have the upper-hand in salary negotiations.
Here’s how to do that…
(4.3.3) Handling Salary Discussions During an Interview
Your goal is to stall salary discussions until the company makes a job offer to you, because that’s when you have the upper-hand in salary negotiations.
Here’s how to do that…
(3.3.1) Handling Online Salary Boxes
Here’s how to handle requests for salary information online…
(4.3.1) Handling Salary Info in a Cover Letter
Here are the best ways to address salary requests by employers on a cover letter …
(4.3) What to Say When They Want To Know Your Salary History & Requirements
Read these articles to discover how to handle requests for your salary history and requirements at different stages of the application and interview process…