The Everything Practice Interview Book
by McKay, Dawn RosenburgEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-04-18
Publisher(s): Adams Media Corp
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Summary
Start preparing for your job interview today with The Everything Practice Interview Book, 2nd Edition. This guide is your ultimate one-stop resource for gaining an advantage over your competitors and building the confidence to succeed. Thoughtfully organized by topic, this newly revised and updated edition arms you with the best answers to hundreds of the toughest questions, including:
Author Biography
Dawn Rosenberg McKay has eighteen years of experience in the career-planning field. She manages the Career Planning Site for About.com, and she has written hundreds of articles on the topic of career choice and change, job searching, and workplace issues. She is the author of The Everything Practice Interview Book, 1st Edition and The Everything Get-a-Job Book, 2nd Edition, as well as several civil service test preparation books. She lives in Long Island, NY.
Table of Contents
| Top Ten Things Not to Say on a Job Interview | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Preparing for the Interview | p. 1 |
| Understanding Job Interviews | p. 1 |
| Learning about Yourself | p. 5 |
| Learning about Your Prospective Employer | p. 7 |
| Take Time to Rehearse | p. 16 |
| Access Your Network | p. 17 |
| Dealing with Anxiety | p. 18 |
| What to Do about Low Confidence | p. 19 |
| The Night Before and Morning of the Interview | p. 20 |
| First Impressions Count | p. 22 |
| What to Wear to the Interview | p. 22 |
| What to Bring to the Interview | p. 27 |
| Getting to the Interview on Time | p. 28 |
| Arriving for Your Appointment | p. 29 |
| The Interview Begins | p. 29 |
| Body Language | p. 31 |
| Making Your Exit | p. 35 |
| Interviewing over a Meal | p. 36 |
| Interviewing in a Foreign Country | p. 38 |
| Revealing Your Personality | p. 40 |
| Why the Personal Questions? | p. 40 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 42 |
| Discussing Your Skills and Abilities | p. 57 |
| Hard Skills Versus Soft Skills | p. 57 |
| Skills You Haven't Used Professionally | p. 59 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 60 |
| Highlighting Your Accomplishments | p. 75 |
| Listing Your Accomplishments | p. 75 |
| Discussing Your Accomplishments | p. 76 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 77 |
| Questions about Your Education | p. 93 |
| How You Spent Your College Years | p. 93 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 95 |
| Discussing Your Work History | p. 111 |
| How to Present Your Past | p. 111 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 113 |
| Your Interpersonal Skills | p. 128 |
| An Employee Balancing Act | p. 128 |
| How Do You Resolve Conflicts? | p. 129 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 130 |
| Did You Do Your Homework? | p. 147 |
| Proving Your Knowledge | p. 147 |
| Highlight Skills That Fit the Company | p. 148 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 149 |
| What Would You Do If You Were Hired? | p. 165 |
| What You Can Bring to the Company | p. 165 |
| What the Company Expects of You | p. 166 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 168 |
| Difficult or Embarrassing Questions | p. 183 |
| I Hope They Don't Ask Me That | p. 183 |
| How to Answer Difficult Questions | p. 184 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 186 |
| Dealing with Illegal Questions | p. 202 |
| Laws That Protect You from Discrimination | p. 202 |
| What Questions Are Illegal? | p. 206 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 207 |
| Behavioral Interviews | p. 222 |
| Behavioral Interviews: The Basics | p. 222 |
| How to Answer Behavioral Questions | p. 224 |
| Questions and Answers | p. 225 |
| Do You Have Any Questions? | p. 244 |
| Asking Questions Is a Must | p. 244 |
| Preparing Your Questions | p. 246 |
| Questions You Should Ask and Questions You Should Not Ask | p. 246 |
| What To Do After the Interview | p. 257 |
| Thank-You Letters | p. 257 |
| What to Do If You Don't Want the Job | p. 266 |
| Waiting for a Decision | p. 269 |
| The Job Offer-Finally | p. 270 |
| Resources | p. 272 |
| Glossary | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 288 |
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