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If you are like 99.9% of all other professionals, you have less experience turning job interviews into job offers than you have with any other essential professional skill. Knock 'em Dead Job Interview will turn this weakness into strength, giving you a set of invaluable skills that you will still be using to sustain your professional growth and stability throughout the balance of your career. You'll learn how to prepare for job interviews and pick up tips for answering over 300 of the most frequently asked interview questions, including behavioral questions. You won't get canned answers, but rather an explanation of the thinking behind each question, and a preparation methodology that ensures you'll always know how best to answer truthfully and effectively. With answers to hundreds of questions, every page is packed with tips and tactics that will work for you at any job interview. You'll learn how to prepare psychologically for interviews, how to turn phone interviews into face-to-face interviews, and how to dress for success on the big day. You'll learn how to follow up effectively and negotiate the best possible job offers, and you'll also get 100 questions to ask that help you evaluate both the job offer and your potential new boss. With no filler and never a word wasted, Knock 'em Dead Job Interview shows you how to turn job interviews into job offers and paychecks, increasing your professional success and financial stability. This is advice that you'll value for a lifetime, could you use it?

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Employabilité, métiers et formations

Job hunting

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Publié par	Jumpingdude Media
Date de parution	10 mars 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780983973447
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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When you turn job interviews into job offers, new and wonderful things become possible in your life. In the year it took to write, edit, and publish this book, I got engaged to and married Angela, who has given me the opportunity to make new and wonderful things happen in my life. Angela, this book is for you. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My thanks to my editor, Will Yate, my media editor, Tabatha Marshall, and my partner in life and work, Angela Yate.

Copyright © 2014, 2013 by Martin Yate CPC All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews. Published by

JumpingDude Media 5501 Abercorn Street Suite C 103 Savannah, GA. U.S.A. www.knockemdead.com PDF ISBN 10: 098397344X PDF ISBN 13: 978-0-9839734-4-7 EPUB ISBN 10: 0983973458 EPUB ISBN 13: 978-0-9839734-5-4 Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their product are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book and JumpingDude Media was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed with initial capital letters. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the publisher. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional advice. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought.

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Contents

introDuCtion he Law of Survival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Part one: How to turn Job interviews into Job offers . . . . . . . . . . 9

CHaPter 1 he Five Secrets Beind Every Hiring Decision . . . . . . . . . . . 11

CHaPter 2 he Foundations of Career Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

CHaPter 3 Understand Wat You’re Selling and Wat Your Customers Are Buying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

CHaPter 4 How to Ace te Telepone Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Part two: before tHe interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

CHaPter 5 Dress for Job Interview Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

CHaPter 6 Body Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Knock ‘em Dead Job Interview

CHaPter 7 he Curtain Rises on te Job Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Part tHree: at tHe interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

CHaPter 8 Wy Interviewers Do te hings hey Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

CHaPter 9 How to Knock ’em Dead: Great Answers to Toug Interview Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

CHaPter 10 Questions of Manageability and Teamwork . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

CHaPter 11 How to Handle Stress and Illegal Questions . . . . . . . . . . . .157

CHaPter 12 Welcome to te Real World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

CHaPter 13 Strange Venues for Job Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

CHaPter 14 he Graceful EXit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

CHaPter 15 How to Ace te Psycological Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Part four: seaLing tHe DeaL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

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CHaPter 16 Out of Sigt Can Mean Out of Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

CHaPter 17 Negotiating te Job Oﬀer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

aPPenDix Age Discrimination in a Yout-Oriented Culture. . . . . . . . 239

General IndeX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 IndeX of Interview Questions and Answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

I N T R O D U C T I O N

The Law of Survival

ïf you lived in the wild, ôû’ éé ô ô ô ô àé Ié ô ŝûé. Bû ôû é  à ûà ô, à ôû éé ô àé ôé. Hà éàŝ ôû éé à ô, à é ô à ôû é à ô ŝ  û- à ô éé ô à ô ôFé. Hé àŝô ôû àé ô ôû ôà ôà ŝ’ ôû Iŝ ô çàé, à  ôà ô’ é ôû àŝ, éé. Sàŝçŝ ŝà à ôû  é çàé ôŝ àôû éé ôû éàŝ ôûôû ôû ô é, à ŝçé ôû’ ôà ô ô àôû I éàŝ, à éàŝ 12–15 ô çàéŝ. W ŝô à ô çàéŝ ôûôû é àéàé çàéé,  ŝôû é à ô-àé à ô ŝéàç à çàéé ààéé ŝŝ àé é ôŝ ôà ŝŝ ôû çà ôŝŝéŝŝ. ôéé, ôûôû ôû é ôû’é éé ô à à ôû éé ô ô ŝ é à éûçàô, à é éŝ  àé çàé ô ŝé. Hé à ô û à ô éé ô à ô ôFé—é éqûàé ô é çàéà’ŝ à ô àé Ié—ŝ é ôŝ ôà ŝ ôû çà éé ôŝŝéŝŝ, à é ô ôé àŝ éé ôéé ô éàç  ô ôû. A éçàûŝé ô à, à ŝôû é ôû éàéŝ ŝé àŝ éçôé ôû éàéŝ à. ï ŝKnock ’em Deadôô, ï à ô ô ŝô ôû ô ô û ŝ ççà éàéŝŝ ô à ŝé: ï’ ô ô ŝô ôûow toturn job întervîews înto job ofers. Gô ôà, ôû  ûŝé é ŝàééŝ 7

Knock ‘em Dead Job Interview

à àççŝ ôû éà éé ô ûŝ ô é à ô, û ô ôé ôû çàéé: Héŝé àé ŝŝ ôû  é àû ô ôûôû ôû é.

Wy Do You Go to Job Interviews?

éàûéŝ à  ààéŝ ŝà à à çààéŝ  ééŝ àé àôû éç éé é à é ô, à à ôé é ô qûéŝôŝ àŝé àé àôû ŝàà, àçàô, à ééIŝ. You don’t go to a job întervîew to decîde î you want te job, éçàûŝé ôû àé ô ô éçé û à ôFé ŝ û ô é àé. Yôû ô ô à ô éé ô é à ô ôFé à ô û ôû éàéŝ ôéŝŝôà éàéŝŝ—û ô ééŝ ô ô ôFéŝ—ô à ôéŝŝôà ŝé. Nô éŝé àéŝ, ô é à, é ééIŝ, ô é ô éôé; é àé à ééà û à ôFé ŝ ô é àé. Yôû ô ô éé ô éé ô ôé ôû à ô é ô ôFéŝ, ŝô ôû ŝôû éà éé éé àŝ à ôôû ô û ŝ ôŝ ççà ŝûà ŝ.

Interviewers Hate Interviewing

Hé éŝô ô é ôé ŝé ô é éŝ ŝ ô ôû àéŝà; ŝé’ŝ ŝôéôé ô éà àŝ ô é ôû. Hé û ŝ, ààéŝ àé éé. Hé à ô I ŝôéôé ôcanô é ô,wantsô ô é ô, à çà é àô  ôéŝ. Hé à ô é ŝôé-ôé ASAP à é àç ô é éà ô. Yôû ûŝ àé ô é é àé à éçŝô, à à ŝ à ï à ô ô é ôû ô. ŝé û, éçàûŝé ï à ô ô ô àŝé à ô, ô à ôé ô ôû é. Rééé, à ôû éà  ô ô é ôû à à é ô,  çà çàé é àéçô ô ôû é.

PA R T O N E

How to Turn Job Interviews

Into Job Offers

C H A P T E R 1

The Five Secrets Behind Every

Hiring Decision

As you walk in the door for your next interview, ï ûààéé à  ààé ŝ , “Pleaseé ŝ é é ôé ï çà é ŝô ï çà é àç ô  éà ô.” ô é ôû éô  ô é-éŝ éééŝ é ôŝ ôû àé ôFéé, é ôé ôû éà à, ô à ééé, é é ôû éô ôûŝé ô ô: Yôû à ô ô ŝ é. Yôû ô ŝéàç ŝ à ŝàéŝ çàà, à ô ééŝ àé ŝàéŝ éŝé-àôŝ. Wàéé ôû ô ôéŝŝôà, ô é ûàô ô ôû ô ŝéàç ôû àé àôé ô é: Yôû àé à ŝàéŝéŝô ŝéte pro-essîonal you—à ûqûé ôôô ô ŝŝ, éééçé, éàôŝ, à àûéŝ àé  à , éà àçàé à qûàIéŝ ôû ô ô à ŝéçIç ô àçûà é. Yôû àé ŝé à  ôûç: ôûŝé. A ô ééŝ, ôû ŝà ôû ôûç ô ôéà ûéŝ. Héŝé ûéŝ—ôû éééŝ—çôàé ôû ôûç ô é ôéŝ é àé ŝéé. ô éFéçé ôû ç ôû ôûç à Fééàé  ô é ôéŝ  ééé éé ô ô ôû é é ô ôFé.