Important Interview Tips

1. Arrive a little early. If you arrive about fifteen minutes before the scheduled interview time, you will have time to collect your thoughts, wipe the perspiration from your hands, and scan the lobby for current company information.  You will also show your interviewer that you value his or her time.
    
2. Do your homework. Know the interviewer's name and how to pronounce it (including proper title: Mr., Mrs., Dr., etc.). Know the company's major products or services, the organization of the company (divisions, parent company, etc.), current business news about the company and the company's major customers and competitors. You can learn most or all of this information from the company's website, annual report or company literature.

Sample Interview Questions

Your career may depend on any, or a combination, of these questions when you face that interview panel: 
 

• Tell me about yourself... (Your answer should contain much more about your job skills than your personal life.) Talk about the growth of your career, what you learned from previous employment or even things like how your volunteer worked help you develop your organizational, time management and leadership skills.
  
• What are your strengths? (If you really enjoy new challenges and tackle them in an organized manner, this would be a useful strength in almost any situation.)  You can talk about your ability to find unique solutions to problems.  Be prepared with some concrete examples, since that may be the follow-up question.

Preamble

At a time when so many experienced and highly trained people are looking for work, finding a job is not something that can be approached casually. Instead you will need to sharpen your job hunting skills and put as much energy into the effort as you will into the job itself.

 
Believe me, I've been down there before scouring every nook and cranny of my country for just any job at all. If they said it's happening here I'll be among the very first set out of at least a thousand people that would report to compete for a vacant position. Yes, it was as bad as that!

I have, therefore, come out with this blog based on my experience to furnish job hunters with job search tips, job resume tips, job interview tips and cover letter tips which, if they are effectively applied, would land them their dream jobs.