Thursday, January 21, 2010

make yourself comfortable

As hundreds and thousands of books about interviews are available in the bookstores and online, and your question is too general, I am not sure what is the best way to give you a tip or two. I would try, anyway.

First of all, you must make yourself comfortable and relaxed so that you will make others comfortable as well. It is very crucial to know that you are the message, I meant, not only your spoken language is the message, but also your body language, your facial expression, your eye contact, etc. In a word, you must show yourself that you are a person with confidence, can-do-attitudes ...

The next one would be a new way to look at the interview. Interview is nothing but a negotiation process, in which you and your prospective employer have an equal power. The purpose of the negotiation is to reach a win-win deal that are satisfied by both parties. For example, one your side, you would land an interesting, challenging job with higher salary and better career prospect; one their side, they would bring someone on board, who not only can get job done, also is willing to go the extra mile, do the extra work, and com up with the fresh, out-of-box ideas, who can add the greater value to the company.

During the interview, and to be precise, as you are sitting at the bargaining table and facing the interviewers, you must not be afraid of asking questions, good questions about the company, job responsibility, career advancement, etc. Asking questions are as important as answering ones, even more critical, I believe.

Besides, as you are developing the interview skills in particular and the communication skills in general in the future, learning how to ask good questions must be taken into account. In the eyes of many westerners, most of the Chinese candidates are too quiet, too timid, too reserved ...

Just dropping a few lines and hope it helps.

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