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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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Interview Preparation – Let’s play 20 questions

Imagine this. It was Taco Tuesday and that was yesterday. Unfortunately for you, you woke up to Why-did-I-eat-so-much Wednesday and the results are disaster has befallen your indoor plumbing as a result. The caboose you have unloosed, that log cabin you tried to build, yes, that abomination that you just downloaded to the city has effectively sullied your castle. The mighty king is temporarily dethroned…but alas, there is hope! You call a plumber.

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