Friday, February 17, 2006

Golden Rules for Job Interview

Golden Roles for Interview

Interview is a selling process; you have to project yourself to what the clients want. “Means Value ---- Ends Value”
Modeling yourself to the requirements.

There are different ways to say “No”.
“Honey, I will call you in a few days. “ ==”I will not call you”.

There are two kinds of interviews:
Interviews by Middleman:
Say “Yes” to everything. Middle man is a mix-informed gatekeeper. Don’t spend time or think of anything, just say “yes”.

Interviews by Client:
Asian Interviewers: They will spend time on each and every resumes and trying to fail each of them until they take one unwilling at last. It will be a technical interview.
American Interviews: Just pull out one best resume and praying for God that this is the one he needs so he doesn’t have to worry about this and enjoy his life.
He is mentally prepared to say “Yes”. You must not use “No”. If he asks some questions you don’t think, TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU know which is related.

Don’t Use:
I have the knowledge of it.
I am comfortable with it.
I am exposed to it.
I am so so at it.
I am OK with it.
I can mange.
Use:
Yes.
Of course.
I can.
No problem.

Phone Interview: Speak louder and slower. The phone will cut forty percent of your voice off.

Try to VALIDATE if you can, ask questions which he can’t say “no”:
Don’t you agree with it?
Don’t you think so?
Doesn’t it make sense?
Doesn’t sound right?

Ask this question before the interview starts:
Would you mind telling me what the project is trying to achieve?
Hitting High Points:
Relate your experience with what they are trying to achieve. The interviwer is having a mental check list, trying to high those lists.