Interview Tips: How to Ace Your Next Job Interview

Fellas, if you’re going to be graduating soon or are just out there looking for a new job, take a look at these tips on how to ace your next job interview.

I just spent the last 5 hours on a plane from Hawaii sitting next to a former human resources administrator (by the way she was hot) who had these excellent interview tips to share.

Pre-Interview

So you’ve got the interview lined up? Great, you’re through the first hoop. Right now they think you look good on paper, but want to bring you in to make sure you’re what you say you are. More than anything they want to see if you can put two sentences together and see if you are a good fit.

Practice. Before the interview, rehearse with a friend some questions that could be asked of you. Some examples are what are your strengths and weaknesses, why do you want to work for this company and why should we hire you. Going through these basic questions at least once can help your responses come out more smoothly during the actual interview.

Arrive 10 minutes early. Your interview is scheduled at a particular time for a reason, so it’s annoying to the interviewer if you arrive too early. 10 minutes shows that you’re prompt but still respectful of their time. Anything earlier and you look like that guy who has no options.

Bring your resume and references. This sounds obvious but a lot of people still forget to do this. Often at big corporations or for entry level type positions you’ll be asked to fill out an application, and you don’t want to be stuck racking your brain to remember when you used to hawk televisions at Best Buy.