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top ten tips

for interviewees

1. Turn up with time to spare. Go to the toilet before
you arrive and switch off your mobile phone.
2. Don’t park in restricted parking spaces –
someone might see you.
3. Research as much as you can before the
“an interview: everything from the company’s
products and services to the markets it serves, the
experienced trends in those markets, its current activities,
news updates, and who is who.
interviewer 4. Avoid showing off how much you know in the
interview. Use knowledge appropriately.
should give 5. Think through how the experience, skills and
a candidate knowledge you gained in previous jobs might
help the company.
a few minutes 6. Don’t take all the glory. Talk about your team’s
successes and how they came about.
to settle down. 7. Listen carefully to the interviewer’s questions and
But you should give short examples of where you have faced
similar situations.
not rely on this.” 8. Don’t be indiscrete about your previous
employers.
9. Ask questions that help you understand the role.
worthwhile encouraging others Interview techniques 10. Don’t bore your interviewer. Watch for the body
who may be to take a look at the n Tips for both the candidate language - both yours and theirs.
site and upload their details, as and the potential employer
many are already doing. The only here. Interviewers will all have top ten tips for
thing they need to do before their own personal preference
they get started is to check that as to how they run the interview interviewers
they do not have any restrictions process. For example, an 1. Aim to create a positive impression, even if you
in their termination contracts. To
experienced interviewer will
Help close as something that assists in nervous and will give them a decide not to recruit the candidate. Sort out
avoid the service being perceived
expect candidates to be a little
parking beforehand, arrange to have someone
few minutes to settle down by
“poaching”, only individuals who
meet the candidate or candidates when they
are currently working out their
asking if they would like a drink
arrive, and make them comfortable when
or trying to break the ice by
notice or who have already left
they arrive.
asking how they got to the site.
employment can be included on
at Hand Executive Exchange. But as a candidate you should 2. Don’t be late starting the interview - it is rude.

Switch off your mobile phone.
not rely on this happening.
Within the site you will also
3. Decide the important things that you need to find
find Executive Exchange Support
out and prepare questions that will help you

Workshops and events
Zone - a range of support
probe how well the interviewee meets your

services for those looking for
n Full details of events and
requirements.
work. These services have been
advantage of to network with
designed to improve your

about a candidate as soon as they walk in the
knowledge and increase your workshops you can take 4. It is easy and tempting to make your mind up
other executives from across
opportunities to succeed in the the industry, improve your room. Try to stop yourself doing this.
Industry. The support includes knowledge. 5. Keep an open mind. Even if you don’t recruit
the following: them, you can learn how different organisations
So don’t hesitate. Have a look approach issues.
CV writing techniques at Executive Exchange today. 6. Don’t ask inappropriate questions. You could end
n Tips on how to sell your And if you are looking for a up with a claim against you.
previous experience and current job or are about to interview 7. Explain clearly and concisely the general details
skill set while ensuring that the a potential job candidate, of the role and how the candidate will fit in.
layout, grammar and spelling of take a look at our top tips on An organisation chart helps here.
your document are absolutely interviews as well. 8. Don’t do all this. Let the interviewee do most
correct. Since your CV creates the Good luck in your job hunting of the talking instead.
first impression for a potential – or in your recruiting. 9. Ask open questions – how, why, and “Tell me…”.
employer, it’s really important And make notes.
that you give yourself the best n To find ouT more, go To 10. Don’t forget to thank the interviewees and tell
possible chance in what are www.bossfederation.co.uk, them what the next steps will be.
usually very competitive markets. and follow The links.
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