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Job Interview Tips that Deliver

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This website is much more than job interview tips. The interview process is often cold, stressful, and painfully slow.

Why don't companies call you back with timely feedback?

What's taking them so long to make a hiring decision?

When should you initiate a call to a company for feedback?

Should you send an email?

If you've been unemployed for awhile...How can you come across in the interview with enthusiasm and confidence when you're depressed about your job search and wrestling with half-a-dozen other personal issues?

There are lots of websites and books about preparing for a job interview. Unfortunately, most of them read like an encyclopedia and focus too much on answering interview questions to please the company.

What about your career goals and dreams?

How do you protect yourself from accepting another dead-end job?

How can you ask sticky questions without shooting yourself in the foot?

There are 3 reasons why I am uniquely qualified to help you stand out throughout the interview process.

First, I counseled 1000's of job seekers over my 14 year career as an Executive Recruiter.

My greatest success was not all the placements I made, but knowing my advice gave my candidates a leg up on landing a great job.

This site will teach you the best way to navigate through the job interview process with several real life examples of what works and what doesn't work.

Second, one of the greatest trials of my life came when I lost my job and was out of work for 7 long months.

I experienced a roller coaster ride of emotions from overconfidence to downright despair. I faced many of the same things you are now facing:

  • financial hardship
  • cold, insensitive interviewers
  • rejection
  • no call backs
  • silly interview questions
  • fair-weather friends
  • ...and sleepless nights quietly praying to be rescued

Third, as an Executive Recruiter, I worked closely with hiring authorities to present candidates and broker offers.

After every interview I asked managers what they liked about my candidates and what they didn't like.

Hiring Managers were always very direct and open with me, unlike they would be with you if you asked them the same questions.

They told me why they were attracted to certain candidates and why they were turned off by others.

Over the years, a consistent pattern emerged as to how hiring authorities judge candidates. If you know this pattern, you will enjoy a big advantage in the interviewing process.



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Job Brick Wall
Struggling with your job search? My monthly newsletter, Job Brick Wall, will give you some fresh tips and ideas to improve your odds of landing a job interview.

Preparing for a Job Interview
Avoid fatal mistakes and time wasters in preparing for a job interview.

Outline of a Resume
Most resumes share too much information and are poorly formatted. The best outline of a resume should not only have a professional look and feel, but generate high interest from hiring authorities.

Popular Types of Interview Styles
Knowing the 6 most popular types of interview styles is crucial to your interviewing experience. Job interview settings are designed to either challenge you, or convenience the interviewing team.

Second Job Interview
Never assume your second job interview will be a piece of cake. Now is not the time to let your guard down. Careful preparation is still a must.

Post Interview Follow Up
Your interview follow up efforts will play a major role in whether or not you get an offer. Learn how to minimize the waiting game after your job interview.

Interview Thank You Notes
The best interview thank you notes are short, concise and only take a few minutes to write.

Entertaining Job Interview Stories
Preparing for a job interview is more fun if you hear a few good job interview stories that either drive home a point, or makes you laugh.

Top 10 Phone Interview Questions
You risk being quickly screened out if you don't know these 10 common phone interview questions.

Phone Interview Tips
Phone interview tips and strategies to help you land a job. Preparation, questions, answers and mistakes to avoid.

Top 10 interview questions
The real secret to acing any job interview is making sure you know the top 10 interview questions of all time. It's a rarity if only 3-4 of these questions are asked.

Behavioral Interview Questions
Face behavioral interview questions without fear. Avoid common pitfalls and blunders. Once you know the pattern of these questions, you'll be able to respond appropriately with poise and confidence.

Situational Interview Questions
The real secret to answering situational interview questions is knowing how to respond in 60 seconds using a 3 step process.

Difficult Interview Questions
There is nothing worse than dreading difficult interview questions. Who wants to look like a deer in the headlights?

Job Interview Questions and Answers
Free interview answers from an Executive Recruiter's favorite list of interview questions. Shine in front of your future boss by mastering these job interview questions and answers.

Midlife Career Change
Are you being forced to make a midlife career change because you are out of a job, but too young to retire? Maybe you are already retired, but now need a full time job.

Contact Us
Want to contact us at Job Interview Wisdom? We would love to hear from you.

About Me
Personal and professional bio about me, Michael Petras, author of Job-Interview-Wisdom.com.

Site Map
This site map lists every page on my website, Job Interview Wisdom, and will help you find the information you are looking for quickly and easily.


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