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Job Interview Tips - Job Interview Questions and Answers

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    >> Hi, there.
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    I'm Denise Richardson and this is
    Howdini.com.
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    If you want to learn how to ace a job
    interview, stay tuned.
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    We're about to talk about it with Maggie
    Mistal, who's a life purpose and
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    career coach, who can be heard regularly
    on Martha Stewart Living Radio on Sirius.
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    Thank you so much for being with us.
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    >> Thanks, Denise.
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    >> You show up.
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    You dressed properly.
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    You walk into the inter, to meet the
    interviewer.
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    What's the first thing you do when you
    walk in?
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    >> I love to smile.
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    And obviously, I think you can tell by
    that.
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    But I like to make the interviewer just as
    at ease as I'm trying to be.
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    Because really, this interview is a
    conversation that you're gonna
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    have with this other person who is a human
    being.
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    And it can be a real ice breaker if you
    can just be relaxed.
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    And at least give yourself a break.
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    Say, hi, how are you?
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    And, and even try to talk about the
    weather or some type of other ice breaker
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    that kinda gives everybody a chance to
    take
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    a deep breath, because this is an
    evaluative conversation,
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    and it can be nerve-wracking for both
    parties.
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    >> So, the interviewer says to that
    prospective
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    employee, why do you wanna leave your job?
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    >> Yes.
    That's always a great question, isn't it?
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    And you have to be prepared for those key
    questions.
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    Especially, why are you moving on?
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    Now, if you're moving on because you can't
    stand your boss-
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    >> [LAUGH].
    >> Right?
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    Which happens a lot, and we've all been
    there.
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    You don't want to say that.
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    What you do want to say is, that I really
    need to be in a
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    place where I can be managed and developed
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    and, where I can get guidance or
    mentoring.
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    You really focus on the things that you're
    looking to get,
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    as opposed to all the reasons why you
    don't have it now.
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    >> Now, there are some people who walk
    into that interview, and they
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    walk in a little defensively and they,
    because they really need a job.
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    And they hear the words, you're
    overqualified and they're willing
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    to take a job and do their best at it.
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    How do you handle 'you're overqualified'?
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    >> You can say things like, well,
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    I've, you know, I've really thought about
    that, and if
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    I were in your shoes, I'd be asking the
    same question.
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    And when I think about it, I can tell you
    for a fact, I'm looking to
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    downshift, and I know this industry well
    and I, I don't need to be in charge.
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    I've been, I've been the person on the
    totem,
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    totem pole before, and I can do that
    again.
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    I'm really looking for a place where I can
    contribute, but
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    where I don't have to be the one who's
    running the show.
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    And really address those concerns, which
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    were, which are behind the overqualified
    comment.
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    >> And, and they may say the, you just
    don't have enough experience for us.
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    >> But for folks just starting out maybe a
    new career or, or college students who
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    just graduated, or even folks out of high
    school who are new to the work world,
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    that's a common problem.
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    So again, I go back to internships are
    great, any way
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    that you can get some experience on your
    resume to demonstrate,
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    hey, yeah.
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    I may not be, you know, ten years in this
    field, but I can tell you in this,
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    this experience that I had this summer, I
    didn't
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    know anything going in, and here's how
    successful I was.
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    You wanna show situations where, yeah, you
    went in without
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    a lot of experience, but were still able
    to succeed.
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    And this is where references can be so
    helpful, as well.
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    Even if you don't have a lot of
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    experience, anybody can be a great
    reference for you.
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    Even a teacher, or a professor, or even
    someone that you volunteered for, who can
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    attest to your ability to learn quickly
    and perform well, can be a great asset.
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    >> We really like you, how much money are
    you looking for?
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    >> Oh.
    >> It's such a trick question.
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    >> It is. And for that question you
    definitely wanna do your homework.
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    This is one of the best uses for the
    internet.
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    Salary.com, indeed.com, monster, hotjobs,
    a lot of
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    them have salary calculators associated
    with them now.
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    So you can look up the job title
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    in your geographic area and get the range
    of salaries for that
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    position, and find where you would fit
    based on your level of experience.
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    >> Briefly, if, if I, if the interviewer
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    hasn't brought up the word salary, should
    you?
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    >> Not right away.
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    In, in the initial conversation, you wanna
    get to know whether or
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    not this job even is a good fit. And I
    always tell people,
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    become the superstar to this person,
    first.
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    And then, you're in a much better place to
    negotiate salary.
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    And they may even pay more for you because
    they're
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    like, wow, we can't let Denise go, she's
    such a
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    fabulous candidate, we were only gonna pay
    this much, but
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    now that we've found Denise, we're willing
    to do more.
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    >> Health care, flex time, vacation time.
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    These are issues you should bring up
    during a, a first
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    interview or do you wait for, come back
    and meet Mr. Smith?
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    >> Right. Come--
    Wait, wait for the come back.
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    Because again, first interviews should be
    about, is this a company
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    I can picture myself in and vice versa for
    the interviewer.
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    And if it is a place you can see yourself
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    in, do the, do, you know, really be your
    best self.
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    And really let them know why you'd be a
    fantastic fit.
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    >> Well, we're certainly happy to have you
    with us.
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    Thank you so much, Maggie Mistal.
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    >> You're welcome.
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Job Interview Tips - Job Interview Questions and Answers
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Job Interview Tips - Job Interview Questions and Answers

If you've got a big job interview coming up, how do you prepare? Career consultant Maggie Mistal of Martha Stewart Living Radio has excellent advice for anybody looking to ace a job interview.

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