During the Interview

Communicate before your interview begins!

Communicate well with everyone you meet while on the premises of the company for an interview. You might find yourself in a situation where you were rude to someone only to find that person on the panel. While this may be a great and even funny snippet for a sitcom, it will certainly not be very happy for you. You never know who might be on the panel!

Once you enter the Interview room, be confident; make eye contact, shake hands, smile. Don’t fidget with your clothes or watch or file or anything for that matter.

Tech Savvy

You may have the latest cell phone but that doesn’t meant that you flash it at the interviewers when a call comes and answer it. Good idea is to keep it switched off or if that is not possible then put it on silent mode. The interview must be absolutely and the only priority for that time for you and you need to show it to the interviewers.

Need for speed

Answer questions slowly. There is no need to rush through the questions. Take your time to think about the answer before you begin. It’s better to think the question through before you answer rather than start off and then not know what to do when you run out of steam.

Also, if you speak fast or very fast, as many candidates do, the interviewer may not understand what you are saying. So take a deep breath before you begin.

Need for silence

At the same time do speak during the interview. Answering the questions in ‘yes’ or ‘no’ is not going to land you a job for sure. Give reasons for what you are saying or elaborate on why you said what you said. This will afford the interviewer a peak into your thinking and analyzing ability. He needs this peek to know if you can handle the job and therefore will help him decide whether to offer you the job or no.