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Posted in Interview Skills, Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2009
A senior software engineer, who has been a high-level architect for several years and with nearly 20 years’ experience, came to me the other day with a frustrated look and an angry tone. He was complaining about how upstart engineers at prospect employer companies put him through a demeaning mill of interviews asking questions about [...]
Posted in Career Tips, Interview Skills on May 24th, 2009
In a corporate job, image is everything. Sometimes, image even trumps performance, making it ever so more important for those who perform well to pay equal or more attention to the perceptions that they create among their circles of influence.
This article is written especially for those who operate under the belief that one should get [...]
Posted in Interview Skills on Apr 5th, 2009
The concept of core competence emerged about two decades back when those writing about corporate strategy came up with the idea in the context of competitive success. They posited that knowing and focusing on what a business does well and establishing what differentiates it from its competitors is the best way to position and to [...]
Posted in Interview Skills on Mar 16th, 2009
The following checklist will help you with the process where it is a 1:1 interview:
Once you enter the room where the interview will take place, take charge. When asked sit comfortably in the designated chair with confidence. Put your briefcase down and not on the table or the desk! Relax. Pull the briefcase in your [...]
Posted in Interview Skills on Feb 22nd, 2009
Knowing and understanding etiquettes that relate to pre-interview and interview interactions are critical to moving to the next steps and finally getting that offer you are after. The following tips provide some easy pointers for managing your telephone calls, you actions during a job interview, and immediately afterwards.
Telephone Calls
Telephone calls are the mainstay of networking [...]
Posted in Interview Skills on Jan 13th, 2009
During a job interview our focus is mostly on what is asked and how we verbally respond to those queries. Ironically, only 10% or less of what we communicate is verbal; the rest is body language and the tone. With 90% riding on the invisible, the unknown, and the unmanaged, it is no [...]
Posted in Interview Skills on Dec 18th, 2008
Everyone yearns for a dream job! Although definitions vary, most can do a pretty good job of defining what a dream job will look like to them. Yet, few know how to go about finding one and even fewer know how to land one! Most of those who complain about their jobs know what they [...]
Posted in Consulting, Interview Skills on Nov 23rd, 2008
Getting a call for an interview is a major source of relief-and anxiety-for those who keep sending their resumes in response to jobs that interest them. Recent statistics shed some light why this is so. Nearly 84% of those already employed keep looking for a “better” job and keep themselves in the market by casually [...]
Posted in Interview Skills, Resume on Nov 3rd, 2008
Cover letters are a great opportunity to differentiate from the masses when responding to a job. If the opportunity is a “Gold” or an “A” target a great cover letter is all the more important. In a typical response to a job opening in a tight market, as most are experiencing now, a résumé must [...]
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