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About The Interview
January 10, 2002
Interviewing is a selection process for Employers. They will be looking to answer questions like the following:
Why should I hire you?
What are your Strengths & Weaknesses?
What do you want to be doing two years from now? Five years?
How much money are you looking for in an annual salary?
What makes you a better potential Employee than other Job Candidates?
Unfortunately for Employees, Interviewing is usually a rejection process. If you're up against ten other similarly qualified Job Candidates, the odds are against you getting the Job. Some keys to remember about the Interview:
Most Interviews are won or lost in the first five minutes. Becoming the successful candidate is dependent on the first impression you make with the Interviewer.
Salary questions should be deferred until you convince the Interviewer you're the right person for the Job. At that point you can begin negotiating on the entire range of benefits (e.g. pay, health, vacation, hours, vehicle, sick days, etc.).
Your conduct at the Interview colors your future relationship with your Employer. You are establishing expectations about each other's skills, values, salary, and how you understand people and the world. If you bend the truth about what you know and can do, you'd better be a fast learner or your relationship with your new boss may be permanently soured. And if you don't know your marketplace value when the Interview turns to salary negotiation, you may be setting your career earnings on the slow track to nowhere - and your Employer may categorize you as an under-performer.
Your first Interview may be by phone, so practice phone interviewing skills as well. The lack of face-to-face contact is disconcerting for some Jobhunters, but phone Interviewing is cheaper and quicker for Employers, so expect its use to become more prevalent.
Finally, send a thank you letter after your Interview - the same day if possible so you don't forget. Amazingly, fewer than one in five Job Candidates sends a thank you letter for the privilege of Interviewing for the Job. Close your letter with a brief summary of why you want the Job, and why you think you are the right person for it.
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