Interview Strategies To Get You Hired On The Spot!

This is an extract from Intellect Career Centre: http://www.careercentre.co.ke/


The fact that you have been selected for an interview means that your CV and profile has been found competitive for the role on offer. Your focus for the interview therefore is to prove to the employer/recruiting authority that indeed you are the "best fit" for the role on offer than any of the other candidates.

Always remember that an interview, regardless of the shape and form it takes is a career defining moment; it can be a "bridge" that links you with your dream job/career or a "barrier" blocking you from the pleasure of earning what you really desire and deserve.

One of the biggest secrets to successful interviews lies in the preparation process.
Below are the 8 strategic interview preparations steps that can make you get hired on the spot!

Step 1:
Review the role you are to be interviewed for and fully understand the context of the job on offer, its significance to the organization, and the specific deliverable.

Step 2:
Research about the organization and ensure a thorough understanding of its core business, its current challenges and opportunities and how the advertised role fits in.

Step 3:
Carefully review job application documents to ensure consistence of purpose, strategy, theme and personal communication tone.

Step 4:
Set your interview objectives that are coherent with the advertised role and prepare a portfolio of accomplishments that show cases your unique selling proposition (USP).

Step 5:
Script and internalize a powerful "infomercial" which sets a strategic tone and focus for your interview in line with your personal objectives

Step 6:
Prepare strategic questions to ask your interviewers, which should further demonstrate your resourcefulness and understanding of the organization and the role on offer. This enhances the conviction element.

Step 7:
Practice! Practice! Practice! Visualize yourself in the role on offer, generate practical questions, and prepare crisp responses. Remember, preparation without practice leads to sub-optimal performance.

Step 8:
Prepare your physiology enhancing portfolio - Get an executive folder and organize all your certificates, testimonials, executive writing pad and a pen, the invitation email / letter. Dress right and be there in time.
From the steps above, it is clear that casualness in interviews will definitely lead to casualty!

Don’t be Casual. Be Strategic.

This article was extracted from: INTELLECT CAREER CENTRE. Get more tips from their website: http://www.careercentre.co.ke/. Get a personal career coach from them too.

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