What did we talk about? We talked about love (don't get me wrong, we talk family love), about life, about friends, about future, about career, and most of all, about the experience we had for several interviews. YUP!
It seems like yesterday, that Ai Mei and I sat in our own bed and talk about our "old school stuffs", gossiping about people around us, telling each other how we felt for some tiny bits of things that happen in our life... Now, I feel that we've grown, to talk about more serious things, life and future. It suddenly makes growing up something to look forward to.
Anyway, back to my title, I wish to share some "tips" from our experience in interviews. Ai Mei made some good points about interviews which I never thought of, and after flashing back my own experience, they really make so much sense!
Ok, here are the tips:
- You want the interviewers to remember you. But you think your answers to the questions are not unique enough. What you can do is fully utilize the time when the interviewer said "Do you have any questions for me?" Ask more to show your interest to this certain position and company, e.g. "How many people are there in this department?", "How many years have you been working in the company and what do you think about this?" and etc.
- Be natural even though you know that you had prepared the standard answers for the common interview questions. Be NATURAL! Interviewer will not want to hear you memorizing your own answers. They prefer some prompt answers. So, be as natural as you can!
- Smile even you know you're totally stressed out! When you smile, interviewer might feel pleasant talking to you. He/she might forget the tedious questions that they have prepared for you and you can carry on talking or chit-chatting with them without much sweat!
- When you're asked with some technical questions (engineers) which you totally do not have any idea, just be honest that you do not know. Be frank!
- Don't mind that you are not speaking the Queen's English, show your confidence.
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Hahaha... You made me proud of myself. :P:P
Just some experience from myself (after a few interviews). Mayb others can share with us some of their experience too. ;p;p
Let's 活到老，学到老。
hahahah!!!
yaya,except for those who're very lucky to get the first job on the first interview. ppl like us gain experience from diff types of interviews.hahahaha!
share share!who else have experience to share with us?
"queens english"...I used to use that word to encourage my gf last time.....Grand old days..
Anyway,ithink only girl can sit and chat(only) for the whole night la...Boys must have someting to do..like movie or games, den two nights oso no problem....^o^
you will have things to share when you have things to ponder.it's not the difference between guys and gals,it's between age or even more accurate,difference of "intimacy" level.when you're very closed to someone,u can share almost everything with him or her.
another word beside being "frank", i learnt this from my hot-out-of-oven interview last friday, is to b genuine! haha
it might sound stupid but i think it's quite true, coz no point smoking ur way out and get the job where u urself is not wat u r describing. then u'll eventually face problems when u start working.
my humble 2 cents worth of opinion =)
oh ya, i agree with weiwei that difference in "intimacy" really affect a lot coz i dun think that only gals can tok like that as i, as a guy (though i might not seem so sometimes), i like to share with someone that i've always liked to share (like my weiwei, hehe)
hahahaha!jerry,dont say like that leh....ppl will wu hui later!
:P
I totally agree with the points about honesty and asking personalized questions to make an impression on the interviewers. That is absolutely true. I'd like to add a few more from my own experiences:
1) Do not be afraid to ask for more time to think after hearing a question. Often we get stressed out and scared if we get a tough question. Too often we end up panicking and blabbing an answer which we later regret. I've learned that it's totally fine to ask for a little more time (especially true for phone interviews) and explain that it's a bit tough and you need some time to think it over.
2) Make sure you wear comfortable clothes that won't cause you to fidget during the interview. If you wear a pair of skirt that is too short, you'd be fretting whether it covers your butt; or if your shoes hurt your feet, you'd be distracted by the pain.
3) Always remember to send a thank you note/letter/email! It's nice to also include what you thought about the interview, such as whether you enjoyed the tour of the company, perhaps; or maybe you were impressed by what the company does. This adds a little personal touch to the whole interview process, and they'd think that you're polite!
:)
wah!!!hui nee,comment so long.anyway,i agree on the first two but i think nobody practice the third here so far.never heard anyone doing this.
true. just felt quite weird to send a thank you card. dunno what to write in that card. ;p
Oooo...maybe this is just a habit for American companies...hehe. :P
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