Interviewing Articles

During your next interview odds are high that you will be asked to describe how you previously dealt with a work situation. Known as situational interview questions, these are challenging to answer in a way that reassures the employer that you are a top candidate for the position.

To help you ace these types of questions, I am sharing my recent Forbes article below with five strategies that I teach my clients.

Are you ready to interview live, face-to-face, in an employer’s office? Employers increasingly hold a final interview in their office rather than online.  And I am hearing from HR and hiring managers that people are often making mistakes when in person that cost them getting an offer.  Read my article to learn about strategies for avoiding 7 common mistakes for your next in-office interview.

Answering interview questions can be very stressful. You want to do your best and impress the employer. The outcome you wish for is to get hired; yet, many times that doesn’t happen. The best career advice you can apply to improve your interviewing skills is to do your homework and prep before the job interview. That preparation is often the difference between losing out or landing that job.

“How do you end an interview?” asked Ken, an over 50-year-old. “Should I be bold and just say hire me, no one is better? Will I sound too cocky or demanding and lose the job?” Good questions…

One of the most challenging interview questions is, “What’s your greatest weakness?” Here’s a new approach for answering this question strongly.

Too many job hunters say they don’t know how to get insider information before applying for a job or heading into an interview. It may

A recent discussion with an HR Director at T-Mobile centered around defining the top mistakes people make in the interview. He said: “I judge candidates

I talked to a couple of HR directors, and we got to talking about serious mistakes individuals make in the job interview. When I pointed

A frequent question that comes up when I’m teaching Job Interview Skills is, “What should I wear to the interview?” A recent class I led had

“Interviews seemed to be a lot harder than I remember,” says Nick, an over-50 executive who called for Interview Prep Coaching. “I was so unprepared

“We would like you to come in for an interview.” Those wonderful words are what every job hunter wants to hear. Kathy, 55, an HR

Are you underestimating how challenging online job interviewing is? Tim was. In the last year, this over 50 year old had gone on 10 executive-level

As I was finishing up an Interview Coaching session with an over 50 client she asked, “What should I do about a thank you note?