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Quick Tips On How To Kill That Job Interview

Job interviews can be scary, but no need to fret!

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Quick Tips On How To Kill That Job Interview

For a lot of students, many are wrapping up college and going into the real world sooner than they'd hope. As they come closer to graduation, they are swarmed with questions like, “What are you doing after college?” and, “Where have you been interviewing?” If you are anything like me, you absolutely hate those questions. Part of the time I just want to tell people to mind their own business and walk away, but we all know how rude that would be. So we answer these questions as kindly as we can. “I am interviewing still and am hoping for the best!”

For some of you, you already have the pleasure of informing your pestering family that you have nailed down a job in a sweet new location. To those people who have that ability,congratulations! Sadly, I do not… Luckily for a lot of us, there is still time to find our job out of college that we have been hoping for since September.

Job interviews are probably the worst part to trying to find a job. There are many different types of interviews, so going into a room where you are not entirely sure on what is happening is sometimes the most intimidating part. What questions are they going to ask? Who is going to be in there? How long is this going to take? There are so many different ways an interview can go and so many ways that you as the interviewee can nail it.

Eat something beforehand

This is never a bad idea for anything. You also do not want to be in an interview feeling faint or having your grumbling stomach overpower your words. That could be a tad awkward.

Have confidence in yourself

This one is pretty self-explanatory. You need to take your personality and rock it as much as you can. Interviewers will know when you are nervous and they will take that into account. They are looking for someone who can shine through the good and the bad, so make sure you keep that in mind as you go into interviews where your smile could help you win.

Do not name drop

As effective as some people may think this is, it could possibly end up screwing you over in the long run. Dropping someone’s name that you know works within the company you are interviewing for could either lead to a happy and elated conversation, or you could get stuck being interviewed by the one person who totally loathes the person you are bringing up. Risky business if you ask me.

Eye contact and fidgeting.

Again, this is something that should be pretty self-explanatory. Wandering eyes will not get you very far when the interviewer thinks you have the inability to pay attention. If they see you playing with your finger nails or tapping your leg, those are some red flags for when they decide to say yes or no.

Whatever your strategy may be, go in there and kill it. We are the future of this job market, so prove to those employers that they need you.
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