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Interview Tips – September 2008

The economy has seen better days in the United States.  It’s only going to get worse.  This makes the job market a bit skewed towards employers.  But don’t let this keep you from making sure that you are a good match for a job.  Don’t let the job market make poor decisions insofar as what [...]

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Interview Tips: August 2008

Politics.  Just don’t talk about politics, religion or other things that simply don’t matter during an interview.  It can’t help, but it can hurt to discuss things that are hot topics!

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Interview Tips: July 2008

Time Management.  Whether they ask during the interview or not, all employers will look kindly on the interviewer who has good time management skills.  Feel free to point out instances where you were able to manage your time effectively to bring success to a given situation.  You can even work this into the answer for [...]

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Interview Tips: June 2008

Be mindful of your appearance.  Clip those nails, comb that hair and don’t wear the jeans with the rips that you cut off at the bottom.  Look clean; sure, there are a variety of jobs where appearance doesn’t matter, but you know what?  It can’t hurt to look your best, but it could hurt not [...]

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Interview Tips: May 2008

When an interviewer asks you technical questions then you can assume that you are going to be in a fairly technical role.  Remember when you’re looking for jobs that if you are at a point in your career where you want to be management that if the line of questioning is very technical that the [...]

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Interview Tips – April 2008

Business vs. technology.  Most employers these days are looking for candidates who can provide value.  This may be value to customers, value to the organization, value to end users, etc.  Most interviewers will give you the opportunity to add comments about items they haven’t asked about.  If they don’t ask you about how you have [...]

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Interview Tips – March 2008

Stay on topic.  Remember that time is something many do not have.  When you get off topic it can cause interviews to take much longer without filling in the blanks the interviewer is looking to fill in.  Most of us have a set of requirements we need to verify a candidate must fulfill.  This is [...]

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Interview Tips – February 2008

An offer isn’t always a final offer.  Feel free to negotiate during the interview process to get what you want.  Hopefully each position is looked at from a long-term perspective.  Set the foundation early and if the organization isn’t willing to meet your needs then perhaps the position is not a good fit.

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Interview Tips – January 2008

Confidence is confidence inspiring.  Be confident in an interview but not cocky.

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Interview Tips – December 2007

During your interview make sure to ask questions.  These can be about the job at hand, etc.  But don’t phrase the questions as demands.

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