How to be interviewed
Just as there are skills in interviewing as described in Chapter 17,
there are skills in being interviewed – making the right impres-
sion and responding to questions in a way that convinces the
interviewer that you are the right person for the job. This chapter
provides advice on the basic approaches you can adopt when
being interviewed which, while none will guarantee that you
will get the job, will all help to improve your chances. These
approaches are concerned with:
■ preparing for the interview;
■ creating the right impression;
■ responding to questions;
■ ending on a high note.
PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW
The first thing to remember when preparing for the interview
is that you would not have been asked to attend unless you at
least matched the basic specification. This should give you the
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