How do you know when it's not going well?
If you’re doing 70% of the talking… it’s not going well!If your interviewer is doing 70% of the talking… it’s not going well!If you don’t have ANY questions… it’s not going well!If you have a great outside interest in common, and that’s all you talk about… it’s not going well!
If you misstate what the company does… it’s not going well!
If you ask a question about what the company does… it’s not going well!
If you’re answering a question that you misunderstood… it’s not going well!
If your answer is taking 5 minutes… it’s not going well!
If you have no examples of work situations… it’s not going well!
If you can’t tell them what’s different about you… it’s not going well!
If you’re not sure of something they refer to on your resume… it’s not going well!
If you can’t remember what an acronym on your resume stands for… it’s not going well!
If they are sitting straight up in their chair and you’re slouching… it’s not going well!
If they are taking more than one call during your interview… it’s not going well!
If your cell phone rings in the interview, and you look to see who it is… it’s not going well!
If your 1 hour interview ends in 20 minutes… it’s not going well!
If they ask about your weaknesses and you give one that’s critical to the job… it’s not going well!
If they ask about your weaknesses and you say “I work too hard”… it’s not going well!
If they ask about your greatest accomplishment and you don’t know… it’s not going well!
If you’re asking about salary, benefits, and vacation in the first 30 minutes… it’s not going well!
If you put your feet on their desk and belch (it’s happened)… it’s not going well!
If you arrive in a T-Shirt and Khaki’s when they all wear suits (it’s happened)… it’s not going well!
If you’re wearing a nice suit and tie, with hiking boots (it’s happened)… it’s not going well!
If you’re telling stories about what a jerk your previous boss was (it’s happened)… it’s not going well!
There are many, many more… add yours in the comment section!
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5 comments:
If they correct your repeated mispronunciation of the company name... it's not going well!
Hehehehehe, this post sounds eerily like a Jeff Foxworthy stand-up routine!! I mean, it IS good stuff, but it is kind of making me chuckle, too!
Great list!
If they ask you where you want to be in 5 years, and you think "Anywhere but here!"...it's not going well!
Great idea for presenting the do's and don'ts of interviewing. Here's some more info to add to the pile:
http://jefflipschultz.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/successful-interviewing-part-4-how-to-shine-during-the-interview/
And, if you take a misstep in the first moments of the interview (that critical time of the first impression), it isn't necessarily a lost cause to continue. You can recover. See more on this:
http://www.job-hunt.org/recruiters/first-impressions.shtml
I love Harry's posts for helping candidates succeed. Trust his advice--he's on target!
Great post -- Here's one -- The interview is not going well if at some point in the interview you don't say, "I want this job". It's always amazing to me how few people I interview actually ask for the job!
http://www.worktocareer.com
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