The Interviewing Gods are crying!
Today at Rosetta – Cleveland we had 31 college students at our facility interviewing for a variety of career opportunities. We have had several days like this over the college recruiting season where we interview groups of extremely talented individuals in hopes of filling an undisclosed amount of business and technical positions. In speaking with a few of these students I noticed a couple of common themes: “How is Rosetta still growing despite the declining economy?” and “A lot of other companies have hiring freezes for college students, does Rosetta foresee this happening?”
Improve your interviewing skills! In the last week I have witnessed enough interview blunders to make the Interview Gods cry. The short list goes like this…Open mouth yawning while introducing oneself, quotes of “I’m not very smart but…” (great elevator pitch), no suit while interviewer wore one but at least the sleeves were rolled up, misplacing your smile and personality somewhere, chewing and chewing and chewing gum (my jaw even hurt just watching it), attitudes that smell of “I can do everything” to “I’m too cool for that”.
There is hope. All of these things are correctible. Please don’t think your interviewing skills are not a big deal. Your times at bat are shared with many other individuals and the interview is all about you on center stage, spotlight shining down. Is your performance going to separate you from your competition? The first step to a good interview is preparedness. Be over prepared and you will do just fine. I am in process of finalizing my book, “The 10 Key Interviewing T.E.C.H.N.I.Q.U.E.S.” which will go into depth behind the way to get the job you deserve not the one you have to take. Read through some previous blog entries to familiarize yourself with the trademarked T.E.C.H.N.I.Q.U.E.S. (review this post and previous). I wish you much success my friend.
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