According to LinkedIn most employers will start a job interview with the question: “Tell me about yourself”, when you combine this with the fact that most employers will also make a hiring decision within the first 10 minutes of a job interview, answering this question effectively is crucial to the success of your interview.
Knowing how to answer this question effectively can make or break your chances.
Interviews have come a long way in the past ten years. While many facets of an interview are the same, some things have fundamentally changed (here’s looking at you Zoom), over the course of this article we’ll give you everything you need to ensure you’re totally prepared to knock your interview presentation out of the park!
Interviews have come a long way in the past ten years. While many facets of an interview are the same, some things have fundamentally changed (here’s looking at you Zoom), over the course of this article we’ll give you everything you need to ensure you’re totally prepared to knock your interview presentation out of the park!
If you can crush the interview question “Why do you want to work for us”, that gig is a good as yours. And lucky for you, we’ve got tips that will help you coast right through this question and straight into the job of your dreams - or at least the job that will help you survive in the meantime.
All that hard work searching and applying for positions has paid off, you've nailed it and got yourself a job interview. These interview pointers will ensure you banish negative statements from all future interviews. Winner. Go get 'em.
Over the years I’ve observed literally hundreds of candidates trying to answer this question first-hand, and from the other side of the desk it isn’t always pretty. In this 5 minute read I’ll explain why employers ask this question and how to deliver the right answer with conviction.
So, you've created your CV, updated your LinkedIn, sent your CV off to a bunch of recruiters and applied to some amazing dream jobs but you just don't seem to be getting any interviews, your inbox is empty and your phone isn't exactly ringing off the hook - what do you do next?
Sometimes interviews just go on too long, use these essential yawn hiding techniques to avoid looking bored during your interview - hang in there and stay alert people!