Summary: Many interviewees may ask the same question——I think I did great in the interview, (I answered the questions faithfully and logically; I took care to my appearance and my body language; I made the self-introduction briefly and interestingly…) why I did not get the job? The answer may lie in your words you used. To do well in the interview, you must mind everything you say. The tips following may help you in your job interview.
Know yourself thoroughly
You must be clear about yourself, including your strong points and your shortcomings. You must know your special skills, your experience of success, your professional knowledge, and things like these. Only if you know yourself thoroughly, you can introduce yourself to others and convince others to offer you a job. You may take some examples to show your strong points.
Know what you can do for the company
You can tell the interviewers what a person you are, how you handle problems, and how you get well with others. You may tell them some examples in your past work. Tell them how you will adjust to the development of the time, and what profit you can bring to the company.
Focus on the things you know
In the interview, the interviewers may talk with you about many things. You should take care to focus on the things you know and familiar, such as your study in university, your special skills and your experience. If the interviewers talk about something you don’t know or only know little, you can divert the topic to something you are familiar with carefully. Don’t say too much on the topics you know little.
Be humorous at proper time
Do not think the interviewers to be stern or fierce. Take them as your colleagues, you may be relaxed. You can be formal when introducing yourself or answering their questions, also you can be humorous at proper time. Interviewers prefer a smart colleague to a working machine. Proper humor can shorten the distance between you and the interviewers, making you outstanding among the interviewees.
Avoid embarrassing situation skillfully
In the process of interview, the interviewers may ask you some questions that you don’t want to answer, while you still want to continue the interview. In this situation, you may ask them what the relationship between the question and the job is. Before that, you should keep in mind that to an interviewee, what question is proper and what question is not.
Remember your principles
In the interview, you want to show the interviewers the best aspect of yourself in order to get a job. However, there’s no necessary to be imploring or humble. Say to yourself in the interview that “Do not talk about salary until you get the job”. You must be clear what the maximum and the minimum of your expect salary is.
Be faithful
It’s the most important to be faithful in the interview. Do not treat the interviewers as lazy or stupid ones. They have many ways to see whether you lied or not. One word of truth is better than ten words of false.
