31 May 2006

What are the insider’s secrets to interviewing success and how do you get the jobs you want in life?

In my final year in college, I decided to pursue an after-school career in Information Technology. However, I was heavily invested in Chemical Engineering having spent the last 5 years taking chemistry and engineering courses. The challenge facing me was to find a way to jump-start my information technology career immediately I left college without having to spend more years in any kind of school.

The solution I came up with landed me an interview with an Information Technology Consulting firm which resulted in the hiring manager offering me a job the next day after my graduation.

Over the years, I extended my consulting practice by interviewing with hiring managers from Fortune 500 corporations to Mom-and-Pop shops.

Because of my background as a consultant, I take it for granted that everyone is comfortable with taking interviews for jobs they love, that is, until I met a lady who has a computer science education, wants an information technology job but is unable to get a job because she is afraid of failing at interviews.

After she narrated her discomfort with taking interviews, I put together this interview guide to help her and anyone else in the job market interview for and get the jobs they want.

I believe that my personal interviewing maxims can help you interview for and get the jobs you want. Some of these interviewing maxims are:
  1. Be Bold (Confidence gets the job done.)
  2. Experience Is King (Demonstrate your experience!)
  3. Show Don’t Tell (Where is your proof?)
  4. Power Dress (Dressing matters.)
  5. Utilize your current job
  6. Speak Out and Speak Well
  7. Listen Hard
  8. Be Prepared
  9. What’s In It For Them? (Service always comes first)
  10. What Goes Around Comes Around (Don’t badmouth your employer!)
  11. Make small talk
  12. Keep Recruiters Happy (Stay in touch with recruiters)
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Kingsley Tagbo

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