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Road map.
Overview of Job Interview
An interview is a two-way street. This is because job interview does not only give potential employer the opportunity to make informed decision about the applicants but it also gives applicants the opportunity to make decisions about whether the company is a good fit for them. A job interview is an interview consisting of a conversation between a job applicant and a representative of an employer which is conducted to assess whether the applicant should be hired. This suggests that nailing the interview process is going to be your utmost importance if you're looking forward to get hired for the job role.
The purpose of the interview is for the company to get a good look at you. It is the company’s chance to ask you questions about your work experience. It is the company’s opportunity to see if you would fit in with the other employees and the role that you're applying for. The interview is also your opportunity to look at the company. You get to ask questions about the company’s business. It is your opportunity to see if the company suits you. This is why we said that an interview is a two-way street. The interview is a vital step to obtaining a career position and often depends on your skills in marketing your potential, your overall goal is to present yourself as the best candidate for the position and also to learn more about the position and the interviewer's organization to determine whether both are well suited for you and your career goals. Thus, an interview is a two-way discussion rather than an interrogation, as it is often perceived to be.
It is a common thing with some people to become apprehensive whenever such individuals are placed in a strange situation or environment and overcoming this fear is often a difficult procedure. If the interviewee is unable to reduce the level of his or her fear, he or she could lose the whole or good session of the job interview process. Before the completion of this course, I will show you exactly what to do to avoid such situations.
How well you did your interview largely influence your interviewers' decision to hire you to work for him/her.
"At the job interview, in our argument and even discussion, all we do is trying to sell our ideas and win people to our own way of thinking."
Relevance of Knowing the Company before your Interview session.
Showing a genuine interest in others will not only win friends for you but may develop in his/her loyalty to you. Researching the company before your interview does not only gives the impression that you're interested in the employer and his business, it empowers you to adequately sell yourself (Soul and heart of every Interview) during your interview process. It helps in getting to ask the right questions about the employer and to know if the company is fit for you.
When you're preparing for an interview, you should always look at what the job posting or job description says in order to get a better understanding of what is expected of you to get hired. The truth is, you may not be asked about it in the job interview but you can use it to tell your potential employer about the skills, experience, and accomplishments relevant to the job descriptions. Exceptionally good interviewees look at the wants and needs of a job posting and show off how good they are at those abilities during the interview to impress the interviewer and increase their chances of getting hired for the job. You should strive to increase your employability chances as the job may be highly competitive.
Researching the company itself is also a good way for interviewees to impress lots of people during an interview. It shows the interviewer that the interviewee is not only knowledgeable about the company's goals and objectives, but also that the interviewee has done his homework and that he will make a great effort when he's given an assignment. Researching about the company puts you on the edge that ensure you are not completely clueless about the company that you are applying for, and at the end of the interview, the interviewees might ask some questions to the interviewer about the company, either to learn more information or to clarify on some points that they might have found during their research. In any case, it impresses the interviewer and it shows that the interviewee is willing to learn more about the company.
Take time to carry out a research about the employer and the company prior to the interview. The truth is that the interviewer expects you to be curious and interested in their organization so, he expects you to ask questions to the best interest of the organization. This can only be possible by carrying out a research about the organization before your interview session.
Certificate is not the sole basis of selecting candidates for available job positions. If it was, there wouldn't have been needs for interview. Selected candidates after job interview may not be those with the best results, they may not be those with the most relevant skill set. Your certificate qualification and skill set may just be prerequisite for attending the interview. Your performance in the interview is important in getting you a job and how well you know the organization sets you on an edge.
How to research the company/Organization.
Your aim of researching the company is to get the necessary information ready at hand for the interview process. The subsequent steps will show you exactly how to use the findings of this research to strike the Interview deal. Let's take a look at some steps to carry out company research for a successful interview. You can check on how to master this steps.
Check the company's website. There, you can review the organization's mission and vision statement, history, products and services render, and management, as well as information about the company's culture. Pay attention to the repeated themes on the site. As much as any stated corporate values and images of the organization, what the company stands for and what they want to achieve, the words the company choose to describe itself with. This is very important in interview because it helps you to talk in line with the company's priorities having in mind the clear goals and objectives of the company. Knowing more about the company and your interviewer's interest will help you explain why you wanted to apply for the job position. The most relevant places on the company's website to obtain this information are 'About us', 'Our Services', 'Meet our Team', 'Publications' or 'News', 'Career'.
News.google.com is another great tool to gain insight into some of the company's recent developments and press releases to get a sense of what the company is working on. The company may be social too, check their social media profile to see their recent updates and feeds.
What about researching the company's competitor, do you think that would be great? Oh...yes!
If you’re interviewing in a new company or organization, competitors' research becomes even more important. If you really want to impress the company with how much you have researched them before the interview, you could check places like similarweb.com for similar company or sites.
There, you’ll find companies that are similar to the company you’re interviewing with. Place the companies side-by-side to check a few key differences and similarities, so you can show how you understand the whole marketplace and industry, not just the company you’re interviewing with. If you can do this, most hiring manager will be impressed and they will place you on better side for the employment. This is a great step for anyone who wants to research a company before a job interview. You could also walk around the vicinity of the company to do this research if the company have its competitors closely located around itself.
Research your potential employer to know how they started, what their interests and passions are, where and on what they spend their leisure time. If you had already known your interviewer (If he or she differs from the potential employer) or the human resource personnel of the company, research them and their social life. I'm going to show you exactly how to use the information from your research findings to sell yourself and impress your interviewers in the subsequent chapters of this course.
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