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PartB

［A］YoumayhavetoimpressthecompanyHRrepresentativesaswell.

HRrepsaretypicallytr ainedtoaskveryspecificandpersonalquestions,

likewhatsalaryyouexpectandwhatyou’vemadeinthepast.

Theymightaskyouaboutyourimpressionsofthecompanyandthepeoplewho

interviewedyou.Theymightalsoaskifyouhaveotheroffers.Ifso,

chancesaregoodthattheyarewillingtocompeteforyou.

Butifyousaythatyouhaveotheroffers,

bepreparedtobackitupwiththewho,whatandwhen,

becausetheymightchallengeyou.

TheHRrepsarealsothepeoplewhowillconductorarrangereferenceandbackgroundchecks.

Theymighthavethefinalsay.

［B］Besidesmanagement,youmightalsointerviewwithoneormoreofyourfuturecoworkers.

Regardlessofthequestionstheyask,whattheymostr eallywanttoknowishowwellyou’

llfitintotheteam,ifyou’llcausethemmoreworkinsteadofless,

andiftheyshouldfeelthreatenedbyyou.Whenanswering,

beeagerenoughtoshowthatyouareagoodteamplayerandwillpullyourload,

butnotsoeagerastoappeartobeaback-stabbingladderclimber!

［C］Alwaysresearchacompanybeforeyouinterview,andrememberthatattire,

bodylanguageandmannerscount,bigtime.Trytoavoidcommonmistakes.

Youmaythinkthatthisiscommonsense,butcrazystuffreallyhappens!

［D］JobinterviewingisoneofthemostpopularcareertopicsontheWeb.

Butnocareeradvisorcantellyouexactlywhattosayduringajobinterview.

Interviewsarejusttooupcloseandpersonalforthat.

aboutthebestthatcareeradvisorscando,

istogiveyousometipsaboutthetypicalquestionstoexpect,

soyoucanpracticeansweringthemaheadoftime.But,

whiletherearemanycannedinterviewquestions,therearefewcannedanswers.

Therestisuptoyou.

［E］Bepreparedtoattendasecondinterviewatthesamecompany,

andmaybeevenathirdorfourth.Ifyou’recalledbackformoreinterviews,

itmeansthatthey’reinterestedinyou.But,itd oesn’tmeanyou’reashoo-in.Mostlikely,theyarenarrowingthecompetition,sokeepupthegoodwork!

［F］Toputyousomewhatatease,manyinterviewersreallydon’tknowhowtointervieweffectively.

Frontlineinterviewersaretypicallymanagersandsupervisors

whohaveneverbeenorarebarelytr ainedininterviewingtechniques.

They’realittlenervoustoo,justlikeyou.Somedon’tevenprepareinadvance.

Thismakesiteasierforyoutotakecontr oloftheinterview,

ifyouhaveprepared.Butincontr ollinganinterview,it’snotagoodideatotr ytodominate.

Instead,tr ytosteerittowardlandingthejob.

［G］Afterinterviewing,immediatelysendathankyoulettertoeachofyourinterviewers.

It’sprofessionalandexpected,andmightevenbethedecidingfactorinyourfavor.

［H］Remember,it’satwo-waystr eet.It’stheemployer’schancetojudgeyou,

butit’salsoverymuchyourchancetojudgetheemployer.Infact,

ifyouhandleyourselfwellandasktherightquestions,

you’llputtheinterviewerinthepositionofsellingthecompanytoyou.

Ifthishappens,you’reprobablydoingwell.

Order:

41.()→42.()→43.()→A→44.()→45.()→46.()→G