Come Recommended: You did it! You got the job interview of your dreams. Now, you have to be prepared to ace this interview with flying colors, right? Just like brushing up for a quiz in school, you can brush up your interviewing skills before the big day–even plan how you’ll answer certain questions that are likely to come up.
Of course, companies will have different approaches to the interview process. But nine times out of 10, you can count on some form of the following questions. Consider this your interview cheat sheet.
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Especially after Joe's lectures, I think I can sum up the interview process: be witty. I think that what an interviewee wants to do is take every question they're asked, and spin it in a way that still makes them seem to fit better or be better than anyone else. And this article addressed the three hardest questions to deal with I think, in a very clever way. What she said is that you should take every opportunity to show you're a good fit. And I quite like a little deception!
[insert generic advice about interviews that's been said a thousand times] It seems that there are post about interview skills on here all the time. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, just that they all seem to be giving the exact same advice. You should put a positive spin on everything without seeming too much like the overly eager person who agrees with everything you say and laughs to much. Because they're just really obnoxious.
I agree with Ruben's assessment of the interview process. The best way to land a job seems to be having a likable personality... or at least presenting your self that way. I think this is a key idea that is constantly being pounded into our heads and hopefully if we read the same advice over and over again, it'll stick. I've already used these tips and they really do work. It's pretty clear there's a reason that we are constantly being told the "right way" to interview.
I find some of this information to be helpful although it seems to be quite literally common sense. The first couple parts of this article seem relevant to me now because of getting ready for interviews and such for internships, so it was just kind of like a friendly reminder. However, the last point reminded me sort of something to save for later because I am not really leaving a job and even in the future, I may not be a permanent job holder so it could be useful or just irrelevant. I almost feel like those of us in theatre need our own interview guide because our process is different to those who may be interviewing for law school or who knows what.
I feel like a lot of this is like what we learn in professional prep. I agree with Dale about a lot of this being repetitive and posted a lot on this blog. All the places we get these tips, whether its in class or on the blog, give the same information. I wish they would give us a different view on interview tips. Theres another article that gives us a look from the other side; the person who is hiring.
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