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Video Interviewing Tips: You Ought to be in Pictures

Job interviewing has changed in the last year or two thanks to such external influences such as worldwide pandemics, lockdowns, restrictions on travel or even cost control on the part of a company during a public health emergency. Face to face interviews are falling more out of favor, at least in the initial screening and interview process. Many interviews are now being conducted on video platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype or GoToMeeting, to name a few.
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There are many types of interviews – how to win them all

Interviews are like snowflakes or family pie recipes. No two are exactly alike.

There are various forms of interviews and techniques that an employer can…employ. You can also learn a lot about a culture of a company and your potential managers by how they choose to interview you. It’s important to know and recognize different interviewing techniques so that you can answer and ask the appropriate questions and win the interview.

For purposes of this article, we will focus on face to face / in-person interviews. For more information on phone interviews and screenings, click here.

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The Top 10 Job Searching Mistakes and How to Avoid Making Them

I love the first verse to Queen’s We Are The Champions. That first verse is all about perseverance towards attaining a goal, which is in this case, a Championship. However, pay attention to lines 5 and 6 of verse 1:


“I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I’ve made a few”

“Bad mistakes, I’ve made a few.” One can conclude that if the Champions have made bad mistakes, then everyone is going to make mistakes, which means by extension, you are going to make mistakes in your job search. So what are the most egregious mistakes and how can you avoid making them?
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How to follow up after an interview

Congratulations! You applied for the job, passed the phone screening and have just completed the face to face interview.

It feels like you have really accomplished something; then a few days pass…then a week. Now it’s been 2 weeks. You thought the interview went well and that you had nailed it. But you haven’t heard a damn thing in 15 days now.

What is the protocol? Should you call? Should you wait another week? Maybe you should have already called a week ago? Perhaps an e-mail? What if I could tell you that there is a way that you can avoid some of this uncertainty and get a read on if you are a strong candidate or not? And it can be accomplished by asking one question at the end of the interview:
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How to make yourself hireable. The single best trait that will get you hired.

What do you think the number one quality is that quality employers look for in a candidate? Is it experience? Is it “checking the boxes?” Maybe it’s educational background? Ask any employer and they won’t tell you because they don’t know. There is an inherent quality in strong candidates that employers love but most cannot put their finger on. Candidates, what if I could tell you the strongest quality that could move you to the front of the line and help you land an interview or job offer? Employers, what if I could tell you how to find the candidate most likely to thrive at your company?
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Most common interview questions and how to (or how not to) answer them

There are some interview questions which you are almost guaranteed to be asked. Many Hiring Managers have had no formal training in interviewing and are merely copying what they have been asked in interview settings. It is as if interviewing has become like one of the great oral traditions passed down from one hiring manager to the next. A cavalcade of seemingly mundane and bland questions.

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Answering the Strengths and Weaknesses Question – You Know You’ll Be Asked This!

Almost every interview starts off with the same questions:

“Did you find the office okay?”
“Would you like some coffee / water?”
“Did you just fart?”

Let’s move a little farther into the future. The room has been cleared or maybe an ambulance has been called, but in any case now it’s time to answer some real questions.
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