| On my career coaching blog, I am currently covering | | | | an effort to get your experience to fit somehow |
| the top 10 worse mistakes in a job interview. All of | | | | with the questions that are being asked, but when it |
| these are simple oversights that lead to a bad | | | | feels way out of reach.... |
| interview. Over my days of Executive Recruiting I | | | | Exhibit Honesty |
| have counseled with both entry level and managerial | | | | In most cases, you would actually be celebrated for |
| level job applicants and have been a part of some | | | | your sincerity. I had a job seeker once who when |
| bad interviews. What contributes to bad job | | | | asked a tough question simply said: |
| interviews? | | | | "To be truthful, that really is outside of my |
| Last article we discussed #10: Providing too Much | | | | knowledge. I could go on and make an effort to |
| Information. As a reminder, you should always be | | | | stretch the truth and cause you believe that I am |
| careful in an interview setting of not trying to over | | | | experienced in that area, but I am not." |
| talk the interviewer. You need to mirror the | | | | He said the business owner sat back in her chair and |
| conversation and keep the discussion focused. | | | | said no one has ever been that truthful with me |
| In this article we are going to talk about: | | | | before in a job interview. He ended up getting the |
| #9 Acting like an expert in an area where you have | | | | job. |
| no prior experience | | | | Now will that automatically happen to you if you give |
| Occasionally, we wish for the job so bad that we | | | | the same answer? Maybe not. It is your values and |
| strive too hard to bend things in our direction by | | | | uprightness that will stand out. If you have been |
| stretching the truth. Of course, the purpose of a job | | | | around accounting long then you know that those |
| interview is to do your best to relate your | | | | are two very important qualities. |
| experience to the questions being asked. Yet, what | | | | Here is what you need to have down pat: If you |
| can you do with questions that are well further than | | | | come across as someone who stretches the reality, |
| your scope of knowledge? | | | | it will always lead to a bad job interview. |
| Do you tell a story? | | | | In your next consultation interview let your honesty |
| Sometimes we are faced with this dilemma and are | | | | shine and your integrity show. Decide to be direct |
| not sure what to do. Now, you should always make | | | | and open. |