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Here are just a few of HireMaker's favorite tips for interviewers. Some are common, but we've included a few nuggets that most people don't know.
Prepare in advance your answer to "tell me about yourself". Why wouldn't you do this? You know it'll be asked. You've been asked it before. You'll be asked it again. Spend 30 minutes on this; practice it; visualize yourself saying it. You'll do better at your next interview for this. And this effort will last you a lifetime!
Print and take 4 copies of your resume with you to your interview. Half the time, your interviewer will have an ugly looking copy of your resume printed from the job board. The other half the time, your interviewer will call someone else in to talk to you too. In either case, you look like a prepared winner when you can flash your winning smile and pluck a fresh clean copy of your resume out of your portfolio.
Although you SHOULD arrive at the parking area sooner, Don't walk into the interview more than 12 minutes early. I'm talking about when you make your entrance into the reception area/office where the interview takes place. Arrive more than 12 minutes early, and you don't look super-prepared, you are just annoying. 5 to 10 minutes early is the perfect arrival time, and definitely, no more than 12!
Read this carefully too: I said "don't walk into the interview more than 12 minutes early". That doesn't mean you shouldn't arrive outside, to the parking lot, the parking garage, etc. with at least 20 minutes to spare. That gives you time to relax a bit, gives you extra time if traffic is bad, if you miss a turn, or can't find the place at first. And if necessary, it gives you time to freshen up.
Unless you really ARE wanted by the FBI, don't act like you're wanted by the FBI: For some reason, more and more people (job seekers) play games when their phone rings: They act as if they're taking a message, or as if they're the receptionist/message taker until they find out who it is that's calling them.
Trust me, Recruiters HATE this. They wonder if you're hiding from the FBI. From debt collectors. From the police. Don't do it! Say "Hello" like a normal person!
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