Prepare For Job Interview

You have sent several applications to respond to job offers.

Your cover letter and resume have been impressive, here you are at the major step of a job interview.


To ensure a good promotion of your candidacy, there are different styles of hiring interviews that you will need to prepare to attract the interest of your recruiter.

Prepare and complete successfully a job interview

In order to successfully complete your job interview, you will set a course of action that will determine your appointment.

Before the job interview

As a first step, you will have gathered all the necessary information about the company proposing the position to be filled so as not to be caught off guard during the various interview questions.

You will take care of yourself, that is to say:

* you will be fit physically, morally, and relaxed, so you will have slept well the day before;

* dress according to the concerned position:

- avoid clothes that are too obvious and do not obscure your personality.

- your dress must be sober and tasteful, remember that you are supposed to represent the company that recruits you.

- so be consistent with the image conveyed by the latter.

During the interview

Many factors will determine whether you are the ideal candidate for the proposed position. You will therefore put all the chances on your side:

* be on time to your appointment, relaxed, but not too casual;

* it is even advisable to arrive 10 minutes before the hour, to take the time to discover the premises of the company, to observe the people, to feel the atmosphere;

* you are spontaneous, dynamic, and smiling, you will approach your interlocutor with a frank handshake;

* be enthusiastic and do not hesitate to anticipate the typical question by answering the reason for your departure, why you wish to leave your current employer;

* be expressive: look interrogative, interest in the conversation of recruiter, be active in listening, look straight in the eye;

* your speech must be strong;

* always check your physical and body restraint which also plays a very important role;

* Express yourself by asking relevant questions to lead the debate:

- nature of the position: creation, replacement, dismissal, etc.,

- medium- and long-term goals in the company likely to hire you,

- elicit your interest in the company in question by transmitting information you have previously collected on the company (website, journals, etc.),

- be careful not to overuse technical jargon;

* have a judicious attitude: repeat the name of your interlocutor several times in the conversation to make you sympathetic to his eyes;

* if you want to make notes about the company and the concerned position, ask if it does not bother;

* be careful during the interview, your recruiter may be disturbed (telephone, entry of a collaborator). Know where the conversation ended to pick it up correctly when your interlocutor will ask you (he will take the initiative and not you);

* Know how to highlight the missions and/or responsibilities you will have to take and demonstrate that these have already been entrusted to you and that they have been carried out successfully;

* do not hide that you are on other tracks;

* you are very interested in this position, but you are not in a desperate situation;

* you have the spirit of competition, you have a certain personality that makes the difference, at the end of the interview, you can ask where your candidacy is at this stage of  selection;

* do not forget to thank your interlocutor for having received you, you are at his disposal for any additional information or for another appointment.

What you should not do

Your main goal is to successfully complete your recruitment interview. In this case, there are pitfalls to avoid:

* for women: stay sober and elegant. Avoid challenging outfits and make-up;

* it is your interlocutor who tells you when you will have to sit down. You will therefore wait until you are invited and will not take the initiative;

* do not be depressed in your chair or chair;

* your towel will be placed next to you and not placed on your lap, it will be opened to quickly access the documents to be provided;

* do not let it be your first interview;

* show no sign of impatience or nervousness;

* you do not criticize your employer or the former companies for which you worked;

* do not speak or laugh too loudly, especially if people are working around you;

* do not cut off a speech to your interlocutor;

* stay in the context of your professional career, your skills, and your motivations for the position to be filled. Do not disclose too much about your privacy, some items may be eliminatory;

* similarly, the recruiter does not "do social", it is useless to seek to pity him with your personal problems (divorce, illness, mourning) more, it is badly perceived;

* to outlaw political discussions;

* have confidence in yourself, do not underestimate your abilities, but be careful not to fall into self-complacency;

* your interlocutor causes silences, do not get intimidated and ask relevant questions;

* The salary is dealt with at the end of the interview, however, do not sell off, your application is interesting otherwise, would not have been summoned;

* do not make the mistake of indicating that you know people in the company, you do not know the judgment of your interlocutor on them.

Recruitment tests

Some recruiters will ask you to take recruitment tests to separate you from the other candidates.

These are psychotechnical tests such as tests of intelligence, aptitude, IQ and personality, etc.

To prepare for your job interview, you can:

* obtain various books from publishers specialized in this kind of tests,

* perform simulations on specialized sites to familiarize yourself with these different recruitment tests.

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