Interviewing Do's and Don'ts

Do

• Research the organization with whom you are about to interview
• Know your strengths and be prepared to sell them to the employer
• Arrive on time or a few minutes early
• Be sure your appearance is clean and neat
• Be courteous to everyone because you never know who will have input into hiring
• Wait until you are invited to sit down before doing so
• Speak clearly, audibly and expressively
• Listen carefully to the interview questions
• Be positive, confident and assertive
• Follow up with a thank you letter

Don't

• Arrive unprepared to talk about the job and how you meet the qualifications
• Expect the employer to decide what you are qualified to do
• Arrive late
• Wear perfume or cologne
• Ask about benefits or talk about what you hope to gain from working for this employer
• Tap your feet, fiddle your hands or give in to other nervous habits
• Use slang
• Rush into your answers
• Ignore your body language
• Drink, smoke or chew gum
  
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