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Interviewing Booklet Success Stories
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I used your interviewing
booklet to the fullest. I had a total of 7 interviews with 3
different companies and received an offer from all three. I had
come a long ways considering I was 0 for 5 in interviews before
using your booklet. The difference was I knew where the employers
were going with their questions and the skills they were looking
for as a result of using your interviewing booklet. I wish you
could have seen me, I was bursting with enthusiasm and confidence.
What a difference being prepared makes. The job I landed is with
a company ranked the "11th Best Company in America to Work
For" by Fortune Magazine. I and the other people who were
hired ended up competing against a total of 2,300 applicants!
Wow what odds! Thanks again! Mark Fredericks, Investment Representative
Regina's interviewing booklet is the best there is. It helps
job seekers thoroughly prepare for their interviews. When working
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employers are with their interviewing skills...and that translates
into more second interviews and more job offers! Angela Picardo,
Job Search Instructor |
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The Interviewing Booklet is written for job seekers
in the
$20,000 to $100,000 + salary range
26 pages include these sections:
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Learn Key Traits
Employers Judge Job Applicants By This booklet opens by examining a list
of 13 key traits that employers look for and judge applicants
by when interviewing them. By understanding these key traits
you'll better understand how employers will assess you, your
personality, your skills, your ability to learn the job and what
bottom-line contributions they think you can provide. Why understanding
these key traits you'll be able to effectively prepare for your
interviews.
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Determine If
You Will Be Considered A High or Low Hiring Risk Each time an employer
interviews someone and considers hiring him or her, the employer
assesses the risk involved. This section takes you step by step
through the process of understanding if you'll present yourself
as a high or a low hiring risk. It will show you how to turn
weaknesses into strengths, or to de-emphasize them, so that employers
perceive little or no risk in hiring you. |
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Review, Critique
and Graph of an Interview That Failed and How The Next Interview
Was Turned into A Success! This section uses the 13 key traits as a basis
to understand and graph why an interview failed. By understanding
the 13 key traits the job seeker was able to drastically improve
her answers during interviews. Her interview with the next employer
resulted in a second interview and subsequent job offer. You'll
also be guided and given worksheets to critique and graph your
interviews! Understanding the key traits employers look for when
interviewing will help you control and elevate your image during
interviews so that you look well-qualified for the job and salary
you want. |
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Thoroughly Preparing
For Interviews --- Know and Understand the 3 Phases of the Interviewing
Cycle Most
people fail at interviews because they do not understand that
interviews usually follow a predictable, 3-phase cycle. The heart
of this booklet, takes you step by step through each phase so
that you can effectively anticipate and prepare for each part
of the interview. |
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Phase I: Introductions
& First Impressions Many people discount this introductory phase of
the interview yet employers begin assessing your communication
style, confidence level, appearance, poise and demeanor as soon
as you step in the door. This section provides tips and pointers
on how to make a great first impression which paves the way for
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Phase II: The
Core of the Interview The core of the interview is generally spent with
the employer asking you many questions to judge your skills and
experience. To ace each interview it's important that you correctly
anticipate the questions you'll be asked and to develop answers
which sell you in the best light. This section guides you step
by step in identifying questions employers will ask when reviewing
your resume; additional questions they'll ask to uncover your
weaknesses; questions they'll ask to assess your personality,
values and coping style; questions they'll ask about your work
history in order to uncover problem areas; questions they'll
ask about your education and extracurricular activities, references,
and your salary history; and questions they'll ask to determine
if you can contribute to the employer's bottom line. As employers
work through the core of the interview they'll use their questions
as a means to gather data and determine if you are worth the
salary you want and what they are offering.
This portion of the interview is where people get in the most
trouble. By not effectively anticipating questions and not understanding
where employers are going--many applicants provide information
that damages their image and presents them as a high hiring risk.
The thrust of this section is to teach you how to analyze the
requirements for any job--not just memorize canned interview
answers. You'll learn how to create specific, targeted answers
that market you best for each particular job. Since most applicants
never do this, and aren't this skilled at interviewing, you'll
impress employers and move to the top level of job candidates.
In addition to employers asking you many questions--you also
want to develop a strong list of questions that you can ask which
allow you to introduce your top skills and actively market them
during interviews. In this way you can exert control over your
interviews and keep them on track--particularly when faced with
an unskilled interviewer. So you'll also be guided in identifying
your top skills and then crafting questions which will allow
you to market them! |
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Phase II: Interview
Closure This
section discusses how important it is to close your interviews
strongly and probe to find out where you stand, when next interviews
will be conducted, and when you should follow-up. |
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Post Interview:
Follow-Up and Thank You Letters Essential to job search success is following
up after an interview. This section provides success stories
of job seekers who nailed down the job offer by sending thank
you letters and following-up. Many people make the mistake of
sending out thank you letters that could have been written by
anyone. Here you'll analyze effective thank you letters, learn
how to write letters that continue to sell you, remind the employer
of your top skills, and potentially introduce additional skills
that can help you stand out as the top candidate! You'll continue
to learn how to use great design and content to create a thank
you letter that gets read and contributes to your being hired! |
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The 10 Most Common
Interview Questions Here you'll get tips on how to answer the most
common interview questions. |
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How to Use Power
Words and Quantify to Present Yourself Powerfully Many job seekers learn
how to use powerful language in their resumes and letters, yet
never speak this way during interviews. This section will show
you how easy it is to elevate your image by verbalizing your
top skills and using power words and quantifying to convey the
depth of your experience. |
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Interviewing
Checklist Here
you'll get a chance to complete a brief but intensive checklist
to make sure you are well prepared for your interviews as well
as completing a graph to determine how well-qualified employers
will think you are for each position! |
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