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From: Somewhere over the Clouds
Registered: May 2004

posted August 26, 2005 01:45 PM         

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Hi there

I have a job interview coming up on Monday to work for a magazine. This is my very first job interview I'm going to so I don't know what to expect.
Do any of you have hints and tips on how to make them want to hire me? How can I impress them?
Thanks for your time.

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From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005

posted August 26, 2005 05:39 PM         

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Wow! There are loads and loads of tips out on the internet, but I don't follow many of them.

My big things are:

*Be prepared. Have copies of your resume ready. Have references ready.

* Dress appropriately. I use my own intuition to determine the amount of dress necessary. I always either get it right or overdress.

* Don't be insecure. Be yourself. If you have to fake confidence, that's ok. Just don't be timid, or over-the-top.

* Don't BS unless you're really really good at it. I can't BS myself, but I think that's ok. I think it's better to admit what you do and don't know. They're going to find out anyway.

* Research the company you're going to work for if you can.

* Accentuate the attributes you think they want. Just pic the best few, and use those as your talking points. Try to bring out examples of how you embody those traits.

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From: Somewhere over the Clouds
Registered: May 2004

posted August 28, 2005 03:37 PM         

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Thanks AG for your hints and tips!

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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted August 29, 2005 06:24 PM         

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Have answers to tough questions...greatest accomplishment, biggest failure, best trait, worst trait (should be something your employer would actually view as an asset), and lots of other lesser ones.

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"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll

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From: Rochester Hills, MI USA
Registered: May 2004

posted August 30, 2005 01:01 PM         

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I interviewed here last week and one of the managers asked me: why would you be a good person for the job...
then he said.. why would you not be a good person for the job.
I stumbled on that one but got thru it.
Try to take any negative and spin it with a positive for the employers benefit like Randall said.
Example: what is your weakness...( Im a perfectionist and it bothers me when I can't complete my assignments because someone can't give me the information i need.) You get it...the employer would think well being a perfectionist is a good thing ...

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From: The Boundless
Registered: Mar 2003

posted September 03, 2005 01:45 PM         

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Break a leg!

You'll do fine...

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The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine. -Indigo Girls

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From: Columbus, GA USA
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posted September 04, 2005 11:35 AM         

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From: Columbus, GA USA
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posted September 05, 2005 08:40 AM         

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Keep us updated.

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From: Columbus, GA USA
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posted September 13, 2005 10:07 AM         

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How did it go?

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posted September 16, 2005 02:45 PM         

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"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll

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