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Success at an interview is not just about answering the
questions correctly. You must also include all the following elements in order
to give a good impression and build rapport:
- A good handshake
- Pronounce the interviewer's name PROPERLY. (You can
often get the pronunciation by calling the company after hours and listening
to the interviewer's voicemail greeting.)
- Get the interviewer to do a lot of the talking. Have
questions ready to ask during the interview.
- Good eye contact with your interviewer.
- Smile. Look as if you are enjoying the conversation.
- Confident posture.
- Mirror your interviewer's body language.
- Keep all your answers positive.
- Show ENTHUSIASM.
- LISTEN carefully to the interviewer's question.
- Get the interviewer to SEE you in as the perfect
student by responding to questions with examples that create pictures in the
interviewer's mind.
Do not smoke--even if the interview does and it’s lunch
time. If you smoke, keep your interview clothes in a bag hanging in your closet and don’t take it out
until you have had your last cigarette before you go to the interview.
Do not put your note pad or anything on the interviewers
desk, ever, unless you are told to do so. Putting your things on other people’s
desks is invading their space.
Do not abbreviate the interviewers name unless the
interviewer asks you to. For example, if the interviewer asks you to call her
"Debbie", DO NOT call her "Debs".
Do not rest your foot on top of your knee. (Crossing your
legs is fine, just don't put your shoe on top of your knee.)
Do not fold your arms. (It's bad body language that
communicates that you are not open to the questions you are being asked.)
Do not fidget. It is easy to tap your pen or fidget with
your hair -- don't do it!
Do not criticize former teachers.
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