Best Job Interview Tips and Advice #6 – Doreen Petty

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Pulled from the FREE e-book “70+ Tips to Perfect the Interview,” today’s advice comes from Doreen Petty, Founder of Doreen Petty Coaching.

My best interview tip is more of a strategy for preparation than a function of behavior or tactic. It is simply, or not so simply, to ask yourself this question: “What will it take for me to be confident in this interview?” The response starts with a personal brainstorming list – quickly listing everything that comes to mind in answer to the question. Some items might be to get comfortable shoes, test my deodorant, think of the interview as a conversation, prepare my questions for the interviewer, review interview tips on line, be able to tell a story about every point of experience listed on my resume, know as much about the company as I can, try to find someone who worked there, role-play the interview with a friend, get a good night’s sleep, and any number of other items. Then, it is a matter of reading through the list, determining what actions you are willing to do to get yourself prepared enough to feel confident, then doing those things. Some of the things on the list will be true for any interview, while others might be specific to a particular interview. The key is deciding that the best thing you can take into the interview is confidence, then deciding what you are willing to do to build that confidence.

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