tips to get that job

I always wear a short skirt and heels...ooh wait...

I hope to never work for a person like you ^^^^

Research the Company, Know what your the company is about How long it been in business, number of employees, products , business goals etc. Just did a few interviews and what made one person stand out from the other is she researched the company. Taylored her goal to match.

sorry if i sound off base, but i am a diligent job seeker. and i ALWAYS send a thank you letter.

Perhaps you are a diligent job-seeker instead of being employed yet is because you have your own ideas about what it is you are supposed to be doing or not doing.... and if someone doesn't agree with you, you call them stupid. Attitude is very important on an interview and in life as well - and being able to get along positively with other people off all types, whether you like them or agree with them or not, is an awesome trait to have.

Having sex with the HR director always helps.


BTW, I am the HR guy at my company and we are hiring!!!!

Better watch out, I just got a warning email because I dared to use that "S" word in one of my posts LOL

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Research the company - but not just the company, read that job description and know it. Gear a cover letter to it and to the company culture. Yes, they do A, B, C - but also look into how that company is. Some companies are geared themselves publicly (and internally) as ethical, environmental, safe, etc. Some companies are big into getting something done - workers need to put in the hours, do it off time, etc - other companies are more into work-life balance, keep things cool and even. There's differences in based upon what field the company is in, if it's private, public, government, big, small, and even where the company stems from (how it was built, what type of work it likes to go into, where it is located).

I always go through interview questions a head of time. I lot of them. I practice different answers, not to script myself but to brain storm. What was a time when you had a challenging team member?. I don't fluff my answers or use 'text-book' answer. Yes there was a challenging team member, we had difficulty in this, but this is how we worked through it or this is what we did to resolve it. What's your strength? I try not to do cliches but to do something unique to me and then I follow up with a story/example and how I am trying to grow more, change, or continue. I re-review articles from different types of managers, interviewers, or professional job placement people to see all the different styles. I've had some really odd ball interview questions "How would you give us the count the number of windows in a city by the end of today?" or "Who is your favorite superhero and why?" or "When was there a time when you failed?" . I talk about myself in both past tense (stories, things I have accomplished, goals I have met or even not met, and my record persay) as well as future tense (ie "for example, if working on one of your (blank) projects, I would probably do." or "with this, my ideas would be.") That way not only am I giving who I am, and showing an accurate account and strong dependable background of how I am, I am also showing that I will and am vesting myself in the company. I see myself there. It's not quite what I have done nor what I can do for you - it's more of showing who I am and who I will be in their company.

I read up on a lot of different ideas too. I know one guy in my current company will take all interviewing people to lunch. These people will receive a second interview based upon how they are at the lunch. He looks at things like how they treat the waiter/waitress. If they salt their food before tasting it (he's never given a person who has done this a second interview because to him they made an assumption without verifying the truth). If they will correct him if he's wrong, etc. It's a very coy play when you hear all the little things he looks for. But mostly he's just looking for how that person is.

Another thing. I always shake a hand, be professional, and smile. I always ask when I will hear back from them and I will follow up close to that date. Some companies use HR or have an extensive process, there's no point in following back if you are just another person calling because the person you are talking to is not in direct contact with the person who is deciding who the new hire is. I also don't always do thank you notes because again it depends on the company, how the interview was conducted, and position. I got hired for my last job through a very informal causal process that was all email & phone. To do a thank you note to that would have been stalker-ish and strange. The person "interviewing" me did not give me their office address nor business card. The "interview" was actual a time for me to ask questions about their company to learn more about the position, and so there was no justification nor impression that a card would work.

Most importantly - be yourself and don't lie. You might not get the jobs, but if you do get a job and you weren't yourself or worse you lied. That can cause major future issues. Also know what you want in the job. What are your deal breakers? What are you happy doing? What can you do? And just go for it.