The most important thing to find out when you interview someone is if you like the person. You can teach someone to be competent in the skills you need, but you can't teach someone to have an appealing personality. No matter what the person talks about for thirty minutes--really, much fewer than thirty--you can figure out if you like them. 1. Learn how to conduct an interview. You need to understand what is driving the interviewer and how he or she is thinking. So know enough about the interview process to put yourself in your counterpart's shoes. If the person is bad at interviewing, you can run the show. If the person is good, you have to figure out how to meet their agenda, make your points, and still be likeable. 2. Learn from other people's mistakes. The best way to see people making errors in interviews is to interview them yourself. But you can also read about other people's interviewing incompetence.Jobaloo.com shows how candidates misread a seemingly innocuous question. And CareerBuilder.com lists some examples of extremely bad judgment. 3. Know your agenda. What is the image you are trying to convey in the interview? Match that to the kind of job you are trying to land. You should have three points about yourself that you aim to get across in the interview. Before I became a full-time writer, mine were: great at executing a plan, a manager who everyone loves to work for, very reliable. I wanted those points to come across because I wanted to be hired to a position where I would have a lot of responsibility to execute a visionary plan and manage a large team. 4. Practise. You can find lots of lists about how to interview well. Take a look at them and you'll notice that they are all about practising: Avoid too much information, cut the puffy stuff, know your strengths and weaknesses. These are all things you can practise. If you think you can wing it in an interview, you're wrong. There are no questions that cannot benefit from preparation, so any question you look unprepared for makes you look clueless about the interview process at best and lazy at worst. 5. Be comfortable with silence. People who can remain calm during silence look powerful and comfortable with themselves. People who have to fill silence end up saying stupid things. Part of your interview practice should be to sit, saying nothing, so you are comfortable when that happens in an interview.
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It is essential in an interview A. to figure out whether you like the person or not. B. to teach the person needed skills. C. to teach the person to have a lovable personality.
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When learning how to conduct an interview, it is important A. one should learn how to be likeable during the process. B. an interviewee should know the process of an interview. C. the person needs to figure out how to control the pace of the interview.
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What is the function served by CareerBuilder.com? A. to help you accumulate experience in interview B. to show you bad interview examples C. to offer lists of innocuous questions
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Which is Not correct concerning the author's three points mentioned in the article? A. They are mentioned to explain how you can project a favorable image in an interview. B. He expressed these points when he managed a large group of people. C. He used these points to help with his interview.
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What is the author's view on practice? A. All that need to be practised can be found on lists about how to interview well. B. It is not necessary to practise everything. C. The more questions are prepared, the better.
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Why is it useful to practise sitting without saying anything? A. It helps you fill silence. B. It helps you be comfortable with silence. C. It prevents silence in interview.