Introduction - Understanding the Interview
Process
When you make the commitment to seek a job interview,
you are entering a process which will test you,
a process which requires you to focus on your
career, your achievements, your preferences at
work and your behaviours. Most importantly it
will require you to be objective about your skills;
abilities achievements and personality, what you
really enjoy and prefer to do at work and in what
company and team culture you will be successful.
Again, we stress that you read the book,
‘What
Color is Your Parachute?’
What will you be asked at the interview?
Many good candidates let themselves down by not
thinking through the interview process. In broad
terms the interviewer wants to understand:
- How and why your career has developed the
way it has.
- In concise, accurate terms the scope of your
key responsibilities in your recent roles (particularly
over the last ten years).
- The depth of your industry and technical knowledge.
- Details of your key achievements in each role.
- The skills and knowledge you would bring to
a role.
- What you seek in your next company and position.
- Who you are.
- The way you operate at work (for example,
detailed, analytical, a finisher, cares for
and supports the team, problem solver, entrepreneurial,
leader, driver of customer service).
- How you like to be managed.
- How you manage others.
- How you want your career to develop.
- The details of your remuneration package and
the package you will accept if offered the position.
b. Typical
interview questions
c. What to
do before the interview
d. What to
do during the interview
e. What to
do after the interview
