Comments on: Interview mistakes you shouldn't make

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:02:30 +0000

I read this post a month after I needed it (of course). Slightly similar to your situation…everything riding on the phone interview…talking off the top of my head…blowing easy questions. Unfortunately mine didn't turn out as well as yours. I didn't get the job. Not a big deal since I have a job I like, but it's frustrating that I had an opportunity to advance my career and was not able to take advantage of it. I don't care that I didn't get the job. I care that I screwed up the interview. In any case I'm a new subscriber. Thanks for all the perspective.

By: Mark W.

Mark W. — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:13:58 +0000

Make a list – for any number of reasons. It's one piece of sage advice that I actually practice myself and find very helpful. Get your thoughts down on paper (or in a computer file) to clear your head so that you're able to review and make sense of them in an organized way. Even after your thoughts are down on paper it will probably take some time for everything to come together and make some sense. It allows you to see the forest through the trees so to speak.

By: flykoo

flykoo — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:21:00 +0000

"Make a list of reasons you are great. Use it in the interview" – I do not agree with this statement. Very often, and even almost always, this can make your interviewers think, that you are too self-confident daydreamer with overevaluation who believes in his own genius.
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flykoo