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3 Things Not To Do After The Job Interview, Because It Will Stop You Getting The Job

3 Things Not To Do After The Job Interview

The job interview itself is hard, unnerving and scary.

The interview end, isn’t the end of it. Your actions now are just as important as your actions during the job interview.

Don’t mess up your chances of a job offer but making one of these 3 simple mistakes.

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Post Job Interview Mistake 1

Don’t add the interviewer on social media.

It is easy to think “hey, lets add the interviewer on facebook, we could become friends, go for drinks…and you could offer me the job” This is the worst of mistakes.

Not only do people forget who they have on facebook and its this forgetfulness that will get you into trouble. You or even a friend may post a damaging photo of you on a night out.

Even your friends opinions, which good be racist, sexist or plain rude can be associated with you.  A drunken night out could end you chatting on a public forum about the horrid interviewer, or your potential boss may see from your timeline that you are applying for a better job.

Keep interviewers to the interview and your friends to facebook.

Post Job Interview Mistake 2

Waiting for the job offer

Most people are lazy. It takes most up to 3 months to even start applying for work “I will do it tomorrow “is the morning mantra. In worst, research has shown that on average an interviewee will spend only a total of 45 minutes preparing for the job interview – only 45 minutes for a task that could change your career and your life!!

Post job interview, the lazy interviewee will simply sit on their hands waiting for the job offer (that may never come) Never hold out for one job, apply for many, learn from interview mistakes, and practice, practice and practice.

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Post Job Interview Mistake 3

Pester the hiring manager

It can be good practice to send a post interview thank you email (not always the best advice) Some take this to another level, sending flowers, chocolates as well as 25+ emails. Not only will this make you look a bit creepy but will annoy the interviewer.

Be confident in your interview delivery.  The only post intervene task you should spend time on is your job interview self reflection and applying for new positions.

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3 Interview Mistakes Every Candidate Makes

People really struggle with job interviews

Your perspective of the job interview really messes with your head, which increases your nervous. Once afraid you are already on a downward slope to the reject pile. But even confident interviewees make mistakes in the job interview that can cost them the job offer

This article wont cover preparing and practicing your interview answers, even though this is a must. Instead this article will discuss the 3 mistakes that every candidate makes when answering interview questions

Job Interview Mistake 1

Thinking you will get offered the job role

Rule 1 in job interviews is the best person for the job doesn’t get it, the best interviewee does

When coaching interviewees the biggest mistake they make is Not Using Examples. Some, don’t even use examples when asked “give me an example of when you did X?” instead they list skills or required qualities for the task

Examples are real and have a greater emotional impact on the interviewer. Think of an example as a story; you give the plot (in the job interview the plot is the situation – I worked on X project) then discuss the story (what you did to achieve your outcome) and final the conclusion (the outcome from your hard work)

People visualise stories and examples and these visualisations have an emotional effect on the interviewer increasing likeness and the likelihood that you, not others, will be offered the position

Job Interview Mistake 2

Giving credit to others doesn’t highlight your unique selling point

So many interviewees, in a  mock interviews with me, will discuss a key achievement from a previous employer without explaining how they were the instrumental influence in the outcome of the achievement

  • “We set a task, we all worked hard, the outcome was X”
  • “Dave did a great job on X which really helped with the outcome”
  • “The company had X goal, the company put X into place and the outcome was X”

In every job interview create a focus on YOU! Explain what you did, explain your unique selling points and explain how without you, the outcome would have been negative. This your KEY SELLING point, don’t fall into the trap of underselling yourself

Job Interview Mistake 3

If you don’t say it loud, don’t say it

A common mistake is the tone and volume of your voice during the job interview

Many interviewers are too polite, if your volume is quite they may ask you to repeat your answer once or twice but not more often then that. If they can’t hear your unique selling point, it was pointless saying it.

Many interviewees will use one tonality throughout the interview. From your own experiences you know how boring and sleep inducing this is.

To create excitement, interest and intrigue use your a varied tonality when answering each interview question

All great orators use this skill which is easily transferred to the job interview situation

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How to Answer the Job Interview Question Do you learn from mistakes?

How to Answer the Job Interview Question Do you learn from mistakes?

Explanation of the Question:

Everyone makes mistakes; the people who learn from mistakes are the type of people who will always move forward.

Employers want to know that if you make a mistake, the mistake will not hold you back but can be useful if you learn from it.

Explain this in your answer and then follow it up with an example of how you have learned from a mistake.

Example Interview Answer

“Yes, I think everyone makes mistakes and the secret is learning from the mistake to ensure that in the future tasks can be completed without errors.

In my first job role after leaving university, as an example, I was asked into a meeting to get a “tea” order. After taking the order of hot beverages, I went to the kitchen and for the life of me, I couldn’t remember half the orders.

Reflecting on this, and on remembering data in general I learnt that simply recording required information is an easy way to ensure accuracy. Next time I was asked to a meeting I took a notepad and pencil in with me”