17 Crucial Tips For Succeeding In Job Interviews

Once you have written a CV and entered yourself on the register of a few decent employment agencies, hopefully you will receive invitations to job interviews which are interesting to you. The recruitment agency will send you details on the vacancy on offer and will also give you advice on how to prepare for your job interview.

Before you attend the interview, check out these useful tips for success in the interview:-

1. Make sure that you know where your job interview will be held, how you will get there and know how long it will take you to get there. The employment agency will provide you wirth the information you need. When planning your journey, add at least 30 minutes to cover any problems that may arise - you don't want to be late.

2. Don't be afraid to self-promote, but try to emphasise the advantages you will bring to the company, don't just list your skills and qualifications. What is in it for them?

3. Speak with confidence - even you are not.. Don't mumble and and give your answers at a normal speed.

4. Ask a friend to hold a a test interview. Assorted recruitment agencies offer to do this for you.

5. Be confident and assured without being overbearing,.

6. No matter how bored you may be, look interested in what the interviewer is saying and remember everything you can.

7. If you know difficult questions will be asked, prepare answers for them in advance. E.g., Why is this position of interest to you? Why do you want to leave your current job Prepare an example of times when you have used your skills. Employment agencies should be able to give some advice on specific questions that are likely to be asked.

8. Turn your mobile phone off.

9. Avoid using slang and colloquialisms when addressing the interviewer.

10. Smile!

11. Wear clothes appropriate to the interview and make sure that you hair and personal hygiene are perfect. Recruitment agencies will usually advise you if any dress restictions apply.

12. Don't read from prepared notes during the interview or learn answers by rote, be natural.

13. Do not attack your previous employers or ex-colleagues, it will show you in a bad light.

14. Read as much as you can about the company offering the job and about the position you hope to fill. This will enable you to anticipate any questions they may throw at you and to have some pre-prepared questions of your own to ask at the end. Make sure that you fully understand you have been sent by the interviewing company.

15. If there is a question asked that you can't understand ask for clarification.

16. Sit still and don't slouch.

17. Prepare some questions to ask at the end of the interview. If these prepared questions have already been covered during the interview then tell them that and then thank them. If you cannot think of any questions to ask at the end, ask a few friends for help - someone will always have an interesting insight.

If you embrace all these top tips, you will have a much better likelihood of achieving that ideal job and establishing a flourishing and pleasurable career.

Remember that recruitment agencies can help you with an awful lot more than just getting you an interview. Employment agencies are sometimes prepaed to assist you to draft your CV, assist with application letters and help you prepare for job interviews. Don't be afraid to ask them for help whenever you are unsure.

By: rwakefield

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Roger Wakefield provides content for Agency Central (www.agencycentral.co.uk). Agency Central is a directory of recruitment agencies enabling job seekers and employers to search by industry sector and skillset in order to find an appropriate match.