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Debunking Common Job Interview Myths

You have put in a lot of hard work and your efforts have borne fruits, you have received the much awaited interview call. Now that you have got your foot in the door proverbially speaking, the onus of bringing your A game to this interview lies with you only. While you are at it weighing in the pros and cons of various approaches in your mind, you need to be aware of some common job interview myths and steer clear of them to emerge successful with flying colors. Click-Here

Interview Jitters

Interview JittersPreparing for your first job interview can turn out to be a scary thing, however if you have experienced the process first hand you may be a bit comfortable. Even seasoned job seekers have their share of interview jitters. The biggest hindrances to your job interview success are the myths that abound with regards to the process and it is important to go ahead dispel them in your best interest.

Impressive Resume

Let us have a look at some of them, quite a large number of people think that a nice and meaty resume would seal the deal for them; Impressive-Resumetowards this end they go and plan ahead in a meticulous manner. They keep on piling their extracurricular activities; include a number of new languages they so eagerly picked up with the sole intention of showing it off on the resume. The incessant addition of skills is exclusively geared towards making the resume all the more impressive. It is a classic case of missing the woods for the trees.

Do You Have the Potential?

PotentialA masterly crafted resume is good enough as long as the applicant is able to back up all the listings in person, otherwise the resume would be discarded in no time. The important thing to understand here is that employers are on the lookout for people who have the potential to do things and not those who appear to have the potential, there is a clear and marked difference, so the take away is do not put on appearances rather come across as a genuine person with skills honed over a period of time and that too painstakingly.

There Are No Right Answers

There are no right answers to an in interview question and there is no way you can find what these questions are Right Answersgoing to be beforehand. Answers can be good or bad, in any case aim for an intelligent answer that will get you the job. Don’t ever think that uploading a resume on a job site is enough effort on your side to land a job. You may just wait endlessly to hear from the recruiters as there are countless others in the pipeline.

Be Proactive

ProactiveAdopting a proactive approach, researching companies would stand you in good stead overtime. Last but not the least; do remember high grades and a degree are no guarantee for good jobs. Apple, Facebook and Microsoft founders were not qualified graduates but went ahead to provide employment to millions. Likewise the most talented people are not always successful; the ones who prove to be a better fit culturally and work wise emerge successful.

Conclusion

Do not be under the false impression that being a glib talker or portraying an extroverted outlook is going to make things easier for you; your situation would be compounded when you know very little about the company and have vague goals. Your speaking skills would prove to be counter productive.  In contrast somebody who comes across as a shy personality but has a clearer vision of his place in the company and what he would be able to offer to the company would easily out-interview you.

About Harneet

Harneet Kaur is HR & Content Manager at Universe Jobs. She has over 10 Years of Experience in Recruitment and is a Renowned Career Expert.

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