The process of interviewing: what to say on it and what is not worth it?

Everyone is faced with job search process and choosing the right company.

Passing an interview is an important and therefore exciting stage.

The article understands main points in preparation for the interview with the employer and gives advice on how to conduct a dialogue and what to say is not worth it.

How to prepare for the conversation?

Success at the job interview consists in passing through two processes - the very conversation with the employer and thorough preparation for it.

AT preparation includes several items:

Drawing up an oral summary. Your task is to describe your achievements in the profession, demonstrating competence in the specialty. Take on an interview evidence-based documents confirming the real growth and victories in the craft: certificates, certificates of advanced training, portfolio (for creative professions, for example: designer, artist, programmer). Typically, such data are entered in the application form on the job search site.
Your task is to substantiate them orally, to talk about projects and real practical experience.
Making a list of possible questions. Personnel officers often prepared a list of general questions for the applicant. You may be interested in the previous place of work and why you left it, may be asked to tell about key positive and negative qualities, about desired career prospects. Write out for yourself a number of questions and rehearse the answers to them. It is especially important to prepare for tricky questions and justify their actions. Tricky - those who can characterize you negatively. For example, you quit a scandal, because your former boss violated communication etiquette or simply interfered with normal work. There is no fault of yours, but for a new company it is necessary to give a brief informative answer on the current situation.
Carefully rehearse all the answers. People always pay attention to the emotions and behavior of the interlocutor in a personal conversation. And the personnel officer is a professional skill.
Therefore, a calm, polite tone, confident, competent speech, eye contact play a role not less than the skills and experience in the craft.
There are several ways to rehearse:

ask the loved one to be in the role of the employer and drive the dialogue along with him, while asking him to pay attention to the weak points in speech, voice, gestures;
Stand up (better - sit down) in front of the mirror - so you can see your emotions in a live, facial expression, posture and correct them;
Set a camera in front of you and video an interview probe.

Each method is strong in its own way, and therefore it is better to work out all three.

Rules of communication

How to talk and communicate at the interview?

It will be a question of tact, politeness, etiquette.

There is a case when a programmer passed the most difficult stages of testing, showed great intelligence and great experience in solving production problems.

But after the dialogue with HR, he was denied.

Why? The fact is that when talking he freely sprawled on the couchthat embarrassed the representative of the company. Man summed up overconfidence.

Your task is to find a middle ground in communicating with your employer. Not to be arrogant and assertive, but also not to be hammered into a corner from each question.

A number of tips that will help establish a constructive dialogue:

Smile. The advice is as simple as effective. But this, too, should not be too. A smile is good to the place, in a suitable situation. In conversation, they may occur several, at different times. But two things - greeting and care (regardless of whether they accepted you or not) - are suitable for a friendly friendly smile.
Do not interrupt. Listen to the employer's question to the end, then wait a short pause (1-2 seconds). The person will understand that you listened to him and, comparing the facts, thought how best to start answering.

Gesturing and naturalness. Sometimes, advise "postures of confidence" and "gestures of confidence." But if you are a phlegmatic person by nature, a calm person, and in everyday communication you are not gesticulating - you should not do this at an interview. To the person on the contrary, your behavior will seem fake, and this is a bad result. Gesture, intonation, emphasis on words in a sentence - all this should be organic. Therefore, do not think about such things when talking. When immersed in the story - the body will do everything by itself.
The only point is to keep unobtrusive eye contact and your head and back straight.

What should I talk about?

One of the most common mistakes made during an interview is to tell about yourself, but do not ask about the affairs of the company. This will show you the bad side.

The employer will think that you absolutely do not care which company to go to. This would entail either refusal or worsened working conditions - lower wages, etc. What should we talk about specifically in the interview:

About you. This is a “mandatory program,” as figure skaters say. You answer the questions of the personnel officer, present yourself. Standard at any job interview.
About company. First of all - at the preparation stage, at home, find information about the company - the site, groups in social networks, employee reviews. Ask about the specifics of the company, its position in the market, success, competence of employees.
Why did you choose this company?. Even if you are prepared for several meetings, focus your attention on the particular company you came to. According to the information obtained, express your positive opinion. And in terms of the profession and achievements. The options “close to home”, “big salary”, “my friend works here” are not suitable, moreover, they are harmful.
And, say, “for winning the competition of the best companies in the city”, “for creating high-quality products / services”, “for a leading position in the market” - are more pleasant to the interlocutor and objective.

What to tell about yourself?

Self-presentation is a short story about his previous work, the nature of his job duties, the provision of evidence of professional tasks.

Practical experience. Participation in interesting useful projects. Even better - guidance in their implementation. Non-standard problem solving - perfectly describe you as a skilled, smart person capable of creative thinking. You can summarize past experience and in more detail (2-3 minutes) describe a particularly heavy loaded project that you coped with. Thus, you show in action such qualities as dedication, perseverance in achieving goals, perseverance, determination.
Education. Successes on simpler learning. If the red diploma - great. Collect all that relates to your direct activity - scientific articles, theses, publications in specialized journals or publications.
Learnability. Tell us what you learned in previous jobs. What they learned in practice, what skills, programs, qualities improved / mastered. If you argue fast learning and adaptation to new tasks - the chances of success will increase. It is important to show that even if you do not know something, you are ready to quickly close the gaps and learn new things.
Additional activities in the craft. Here the task is to demonstrate an active position in the specialty and show that you love the work you are doing. For example, it is worth mentioning congresses, conferences by profession. About his public speeches, articles written by you manuals, instructions, books.
The more attributes of an additional activity to a job are available - the more competent and erudite you look in the eyes of the employer.

What kind of flaws can you tell?

In addition to the strengths of the individual, employers are interested and weak.

Many candidates evasively answer this question or declare (lie) that they have no flaws.

This in turn staffing marker. He will conclude that either a person hides negative traits, or is too selfish and self-confident. What disadvantages can be identified:

Strength in weakness. For example, you can say that you are a workaholic. For the employer, this news is pleasant, but you supposedly consider it a minus. Or you are meticulous, scrupulous in work. That is, you can list the shortcomings, which are a continuation of the merits.
The disadvantage is not related to the work ahead. For example, you are an introvert. If you mention that you are not too sociable in a company where you are applying for a manager position - it’s bad. But there are professions where sociability does not play a big role - a programmer, illustrator, editor-corrector.
Lack of contiguous area. Suppose you are a sales manager, but in Excel you are weak. Admit that you, of course, not a complete zero, but knowledge and skills are not enough. And be sure to emphasize that you are working to correct the situation.

Remember that distant cons play no role. Do not know how to cook - it does not matter (if you do not apply for a vacancy of a cook).

The issue of deficiencies, the employer wants to find out your degree of frankness, honesty, self-criticism.

And also to identify, in fact, disadvantages.

The main thing - show craving for improvement, and business.

For example: “I’m not typing too quickly on the keyboard, but for a month now I’ve set up a simulator program and practice every day.”

What you do not need to talk at the interview?

There are topics about which in business circles do not speak in principle: religion, politics, family views, etc. Everything that goes beyond the scope of a profession, position, or company is not worth discussing for an interview.

Superfluous details. Usually, several people apply for the position. And because the dates of the employer are compressed.
You should not talk about the details of personal life, quarrels with classmates in school years, problems in the family. Only dry squeeze regarding the profession and skills.
Superfluous skills and experience. Above it was said that before taking over the employer, it is necessary to carefully study the specifics of the company. And therefore - it is not necessary to drag on success in third-party cases that are irrelevant.

Exaggerate and even more to lie. No matter what. The logic is simple - incompetence will become clear in the process. Moreover, achievements and successes are easily checked through calls, social networks and the Internet in general.
Negative about the past chief. Even if a goat. Even if he exceeded his official duties, he crushed, did not let him work quietly, deprived of the prize. You have already said goodbye to him, and to speak badly about him, as well as about former employees, is a minus to your candidacy.