WHAT TO EXPECT AT AN INTERVIEW


Albert Isaacs,
Write-to-the-Point (Professional Writing Service).

In general, those attending job interviews are likely to be confronted with one of three different types of interviewing techniques:

Firstly, there's the interviewer who wants to spend all or most of the interview time telling you about your prospective job and about the company. Occasionally, this type of interview will include a few set questions; usually the same questions are asked of each applicant and there's little or no follow-up on the actual answers given. This type of interview gives very little scope for the interviewee to talk about his/her attributes or about what he/she can bring to the job. At times, it may be hard to know whether the interviewer is actually interested in you and, on the rare occasions that you get a chance to speak, whether or not you're being listened to.

The opposite of this is the lazy interviewer who has done little or no preparation and expects you to do all the work. If you're confronted with this type of interview, you'll be expected to talk about yourself, including your past experiences and about what you can bring to the new job, and perhaps (just, perhaps) the interviewer will answer one or two of your questions.

Obviously, the most satiscafory type of interview, for both parties, is a combination of interview types 1 & 2, that is, an interview that is a real interplay of views. When interviewee and interviewer can have a real conversation, dialogue occurs and everyone gets to know what the other party has to offer.

Unfortunately, it's usually hard to know, beforehand, which of these three types of interview you'll have to face; this certainly applies in the case of initial interviews. However, even follow-up interviews may be different to the first because you may be facing a different interviewer or, often, a panel of two or more.

So what can the job seeker do? Make sure that you're prepared for any eventuality and have groomed yourself for any situation. Remember the Scout and Guide motto: Be Prepared.



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