Friday, October 23rd, 2009 - Interview Questions, Telephone Interview, interview, interview techniques, job application, job search

Telephone Interview Tips

The Telephone Interview is the second most likely place a job seeker will be rejected in a job search. Having got through the CV sifting exercise successfully, and shown on paper that you have the required communication of skills, qualifications and experience, the job applicant now has to both prove that the CV [...]

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Monday, August 10th, 2009 - Interview Questions, career transition, employment, interview, interview techniques, job interview, job search, professionalism, tutorial

Tough Interview Questions

Bob McIntosh, a career coach, asks: Why do people lose their wits at an interview? People who otherwise appear confident and accomplished, sometimes fall down at an interview. Why?
In answer:
Often, simply because they have not accepted the situation as one where pressure will be applied, and secondly are inexperienced in interview tactics.
As a [...]

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Sunday, June 1st, 2008 - interview, job search, recruitment, tutorial

Interview

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Jason asks: Following a successful application/CV, I am now looking forward to an interview tomorrow afternoon for a fund raising job. The structure of the interview from their letter is as follows:

2.55pm Arrive at reception for interview
3.00pm Interview begins
3.45pm Interview ends

The first thing I have to do in the interview is a [...]

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