General rules for interviews
- Arrive 15 minutes early. . If you're exceptionally nervous, close your
eyes for a minute or so and take some slow, deep breaths. Visualise
the image of your "best self" walking into that interview:
poised, confident, smiling, and ready to get on with it.
- Be nice to everyone, especially secretaries and receptionists! As
soon as you enter the building, you are being observed
- First impressions are vital. The employer will often form an opinion
of you in the first few minutes of the interview; so introduce yourself
with a pleasant smile and firm handshake to everyone present.
- Sell yourself! and be positive about what you have done
- If there is more than one interviewer, address them all
- Find out how and when you will hear the result of
the interview and what happens next - this could be important if you
have several applications outstanding
- Maintain good eye contact, but do not stare. If there is more than
one interviewer, look at the person that asked you the question,
and include the others in your glance occasionally.
- Try to keep a relaxed, but alert posture.
- Speak clearly and slowly.
- Avoid nervous habits - they distract the interviewer from what you
are saying.
- Smile!