How to approach a Job Interviews? - Michael Bete

How to approach a Job Interviews?

As per Michael Betel, Marketing and Sales Director Specializing in Business Development and Customer Centric Care.

1. Prepare, prepare, prepare: It's so important to demonstrate to the interviewers that you care enough to do your homework. You should;

- know your CV and how the work you've done can be applied to this new role
- know the company, its values, its mission, its history, its products, its people, its culture
- know the industry, its trends, its challenges, its future opportunities
- learn about the interviewers and the company's leaders and who they are, and what they've accomplished
- practice sharing relevant experiences you have had, good ones and challenging ones. What did you learn from both? This is the time to remember the STAR model (Situation, Tactic, Action, Results), which really does help improve the quality and details of the examples you give.

2. Research, research, research: Use multiple resources. 

- speak with contacts you know. LinkedIn could help hook you up with people who know the industry and the organization
- use LinkedIn to learn about the role (others may be in a similar role)
- Google is fantastic at opening up a world of information, including user reviews, blogs, and comments that will help put the puzzle together for you. 

3. Breathe, breathe, breathe: 

Relax and be yourself. If you pretend to be someone you're not, you're not being authentic and inevitably, you won't be happy there, even if you do get the job.

It's a very competitive market now, but if you take this very seriously and do the preparatory work, you will succeed!

"Chance favors the prepared mind." (Louis Pasteur). The more you prepare, the luckier you become.

Article dervied from, https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606200909-2644677-interviews-are-serious-business-are-you-ready