Job

Interviews

How to Ace a Job Interview

Rehearse (Practice, Practice, practice)

How to Ace a Job Interview

Dress to Impress Be Polite

Use Proper Body language

•Look for those nervous habits and try to maintain your composure: jiggle your foot, click a pen, play with your hair, rub your arm, bite your nails.

•Appear calm and in control

Hygiene Be confident

Successful Job Interviews

Body Language

•Show you are paying attention, not staring

•Look at different parts of someone’s face every two seconds, rotating from yes to nose to lips so you are not just staring into their eyes.

Eye Contact

Firm Handshake

Sit up Straight, sit all the way back in your

seat, don’t fidget

Body Language

Use gestures with your hands

Show your palms-when your palms are up it signals honesty and engagement

Plant your feet on the ground

Girls don’t cross your legs

It is easier to answer more complex questions when both your feet are on the ground.

Body Language

Work on your walk

• Shoulders back, neck elongated, each stride one to two feet wide

Nod your head while

listeningLean In Talk too much

Thank them for the interview after

you leave their office, via email

Breathe deeply and

speak on the exhale

Turn off cell

phone

Non-Verbal Communication

Nonverbal Interview Mistakes

Bad Interview Example

The Most Common Interview Question

and Best Way to Answer

Illegal Interview Questions

Race

Color

Sex

Religion

National origin

Birthplace

Age

Disability

Maritalor

family status

Good Vs. Bad Interview ActivityAnalyze the video and create a list of all the incorrect interview techniques you observed

Interview Q & A’s - Activity

Go to the following website and locate the best answers to the top 10 interview questions you placed in your Career Passport, if they are different, revise passport answers on computer

Best Answers: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm