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Interviews are about luck – you cannot prepare for an interview - TRUE or FALSE
FALSE - interviews are indeed something you can prepare for. In fact luck can only happen if you come well prepared, do your homework about the company and you think about the story you you're going to tell about why you're the best person for the job.
100
First impressions set up the employers subsequent beliefs about you.
TRUE - Daniel Kahneman proves that a person's first impression of you has a snowball or domino effect. If you make a good impression the interviewer will then interpret whatever you say in a positive light.
100
None of the interviewers will notice if you are clueless about what you want to do for a living.
FALSE - a job interview is NOT the place where you will magically figure out what you are suited to do for a living.
100
Being over enthusiastic is a bad thing in sales.
FALSE - for every sale you miss because you are too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you are not enthusiastic enough.
100
When an interviewer asks you to tell about a stressful situation in your previous job or a failed project s/he wants to ascertain how you identify a problem and how you deal with it.
TRUE - the details of the incident is not as important as to how you as a potential employee can manage a problem in the workplace.
200
Close to 100% of hiring managers maintain that interviews are still important
TRUE
200
Impressions of candidates take place only after an hour of getting to the know the potential candidate.
FALSE – experiments at Princeton University are made in the blink of an eye.
200
A firm handshake and a smile are two things that are a put off in an interview.
FALSE - a firm handshake and a smile start off the interview on a very positive note.
200
US color psychology experts say that blue is the safest bet for an interview outfit
TRUE
200
It’s not what you say but how you say it.
TRUE - 7% of communication is what you say: actual words; 38% is how you say it: things like your tone of voice, rate of speech and volume; 55% is non-verbal such as general appearance, facial expression, body language and gestures.
300
Employ the mind trick of mirroring your interviewer’s posture.
TRUE - when two people become comfortable with each other they will start "mirroring", that is, mimicking the way the other person has their legs, arms and even facial expression. You can kickstart the process of building rapport with your interviewer by consciously copying their body language.
300
The point of an interview is to learn what you know not who you are
FALSE - by the time you make it to the interview stage they assume you have the skills necessary to do the job what they want to check is whether you will be a “cultural fit” to the company.
300
You need to sell your story or mould your quantifiable achievements into a coherent narrative
TRUE - the interview is not just about citing data. If you really want to sell yourself you need to sell your story and craft your career arc. So mould your quantifiable achievements into a coherent narrative such as: "I was hired to turn around a department that was suffering from high turnover, low morale and below average productivity. As I have in a number of previous roles, I was able to boost both productivity and employee engagement by X amount over the course of six months by introducing initiatives A, B and C."
300
By being an all-rounder or being able to do a multitude of skills you will have a far better chance than if you show your exceptional abilities in one or two areas.
FALSE - Rather than portray yourself as an all-rounder, it can be more effective to just highlight your exceptional abilities in one or two areas. Analysis conducted by Stanford Business School about the employment prospects of its MBA graduates found that those exhibiting "spikiness", that is, specialization and high competence in a few skills, did better than those who had an average level of competence over a wider range of skills.
300
Using “we” instead of “I” when asked about behavioral questions in a team context is a good thing.
FALSE - the interviewer wants to know how you contributed to your team's achievements.
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*BONUS* What are the three big questions you need to prepare to answer in your interview?
1. Have you got the necessary skills to do the job? 2. Have you got the necessary mindset and motivation to do the job well? 3. Will you fit in?