Searching for a new job is a lot of work. Making it through the initial screening process and being granted an interview is a significant step. It is now time to show them what you’ve got. The organization has a need, and your job is to convince the interviewer that you are the one to fill it. Follow the fundamentals below to increase your chances of success.
1. Research the company. This is such a simple thing to do, yet so few candidates take the hour or so that it takes …

Your job Interview attire is extremely important and can go along way towards determining your Interview success and failure. It helps the interviewer to create their initial impression of you and you want to create the right one! If you don't take the time to make yourself presentable for an interview, will you take time over your work to make sure its to the right standard.
These are the sort of questions Interviewers will be asking themselves based on your job Interview attire. Therefor its important to get your Job Interview …

The interview with the hiring organisation is make or break time in the job search process. Organisations tend to only interview a very selected short list of candidates, so you are within a select few who might be offered the job. You do not want to get removed from the list, just because you did not interview very well.
Remember during the interview the organisation is trying to determine what unique skills or traits do you bring, do you meet or even exceed the expectations of the role, and finally do …

An example answer to a STAR question:

Situation: During my graduate placement last year, I was responsible for managing the annual customer Christmas party.
Task: I noticed that attendance by key customers at the event had dropped over the past 3 years and wanted to do something to improve these numbers.
Action: After approval from my manager I contacted the key customer representatives to collect feedback on our events to understand why they were not attending. Following this I run an internal round table discussion to raise awareness of the issue with our …

A majority of the interview will be you answering questions, as mentioned before these will most likely be behavioural based questions.
Answering behavioural based questions is a fairly simple process once you know what the interviewer is looking for. A typical interview question could be “Tell me about the most challenging change you’ve faced at work. What did you do? What were the results?” This question is trying to assess you adaptability to change, and how you cope with change.
The behavioural interviewing approach tries to uncover how you behave in specific …

During the interview make sure you follow these tips:
Smile and shake hands firmly this shows that you are happy to meet the interviewer and interested in the job.
When talking to people always look them in the eye, remember eye contact is one of the most important aspects of nonverbal communication.
Remember your manners and be polite to everyone you meet. Some organisation use the input from all employees including the receptionist and secretaries in making hiring decisions
Honesty is critical, never try to pretend you did something.
Remember you are trying to sell …

Some of the steps in preparing for the interview are:

Learning about the hiring organisation, having no knowledge of what the organisation does is a critical mistake.
Researching the interviewers, as with knowing about the organisation ensure you know who will be interviewing you.
Deciding what additional information you would like about the role and organisation.
Reviewing the job description to determine potential interview questions.
Preparing potential answer to the questions in a behavioural interview style.

The interview with the hiring organisation is make or break time in the job search process. Organisations tend to only interview a very selected short list of candidates, so you are within a select few who might be offered the job. You do not want to get removed from the list, just because you did not interview very well.
Remember during the interview the organisation is trying to determine what unique skills or traits do you bring, do you meet or even exceed the expectations of the role, and finally do …