Is the thought of an upcoming job interview keeping you awake at night?

While looking for a new job and going through hiring interviews can be exciting for some people, for many of us it can be a stressful experience.  

Searching for and landing a job can be a stressful, demoralizing experience, especially… if you don't know how to do it properly. The 'old ways' don't work anymore. Finding rewarding work... is work!

Your resume got you the interview. Now what?

You're Hired! Job Interview Preparation -- Job Search Strategies That Work, systematically builds your skills to excel at interview questions and help you sleep at night.

You will learn how to how to prepare for your job interview and how to anticipate and answer questions in a manner that lead towards your successful landing of a job. Your job.

This book offers strategic tactics to maximize your job interviewing effectiveness.

The content is excerpted from You’re Hired! Job Search Strategies That Work, with bonus articles covering a range of frequently asked questions about job interviewing. 

You're Hired! Job Interview Preparation -- Job Search Strategies That Work puts you to work in learning how to use ‘best practices’ to land your ‘dream’ job.

If you are a sports fan, you will recognize that any sport has a set of rules and varying degrees of competition. Searching for a job, your job, is a competitive situation. It could come down to two or more possible candidates, hopefully you, being one of them, having very similar qualifications.

Hiring managers are under pressure to hire the right candidate. Your task is to become the only choice. The right choice!

1. Welcome!

Section One: Introduction to Job Interviewing

2. The Initial Phone Call

3. Introduction to the First Interview

4. Dress for Success

5. Organizing Your Presentation

6. You Got an Interview. Now what?

7. Job Interview Dos

8. Job Interview Don’ts

Section Two - Four Basic Interviewer Personality Types: Overview

9. Type 1 are Outgoing and Direct

10. Type 2 are Self Contained and Direct

11. Type 3 are Self Contained and Indirect

12. Type 4 are Outgoing and Indirect

Section Three: Interview Questions

13. Common Interview Questions

14. Interview Questions to Assess Your Education

15. Work Experience Questions

16. Resume Related Interview Questions

17. General Interview Questions

18. Questions to Assess Your Analytic Skills

19. Communication Skills Assessment Questions

20. Decision-Making Process Questions

21. What Would Others Say About You Interview Questions

22. Strengths vs Weaknesses Interview Questions

23. Supervisor Role Specific Questions

24. Personal ‘Get to Know You’ Type Interview Questions

25. Illegal Interview Questions

26. Be a STAR!

27. Questions to Ask an Interviewer

28. Using “Tie Down” Techniques to Move the Interview Along

29. Job Search/Interview Mistakes & How to Correct Them

30. Making the Follow-up Phone Call

Section Four: Additional Resources

31. Whole Lotta Shaking Going On

32. Your USP

33. Legal vs Illegal Job Interview Questions Handout

34. Behavioral/Competency Based Interview Questions Handout

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