What are some tips on being an aggressive interviewee? What type of questions are best to ask the interviewer? Please share your successful interview experiences.

One question that they ask towards the conclusion of the interview is...
What is your salary range from?

To this one, no matter how much money you wish to obtain from this new job, don't give your REAL answer!

Instead, you should say, my objective in this industry is to obtain as much experience as possible to make me more familar and comfortable with this field.

This is very interesting, because I was actually just at a conference about jobs and interviewing, and the interview specialist there recomended to do this: when they ask you how much money do you want? ask the interviewer first: "are you ready to make me an offer?" Most of the time that in itself will throw them off, but if he still gives you some crap about oh..we still have some more candidates to interview, give them an average RANGE for the position you're applying to. For example you may say: "are you aware that the average salary for an accountant (or whatever other job) now is between THIS and THAT?" This way you'll make him feel like it's still up to him to make the final decission on how much money to give you.

The other thing that was recommended was to always have a question for an employer at the end of the interview. Obviously, you want to go in there knowing as much about the company/job as you can before the interview by doing research ahead of time, but it will always leave a possitive impression and make you look more interested in the job if at the end you ask a question. So get a question ready.


One question that they ask towards the conclusion of the interview is...
What is your salary range from?

To this one, no matter how much money you wish to obtain from this new job, don't give your REAL answer!

Instead, you should say, my objective in this industry is to obtain as much experience as possible to make me more familar and comfortable with this field.

how does one prepare? besides good night sleep? :)
I've found it helpful to do some research on the company -- not only general area of business, but something specific the company is good in or known for.
the employers look for a best match, in their opinions, between the position and the candidate. [or at least they want to avoid a screw-up.] so if you are able to come up with the question about the position and frase it in a way that will make them talk about particular skills that you have experience/education in, then you'll be able to capitalize on your experience and/or education. you'll basically "frame" their answer if you think how properly to ask a question, and, thus, will "naturally" present an opportunity for yourself to talk about the matching qualities that you have.

as a rule, you should be able to figure out a question from the description the interviewer gives you about the position; granted, you want the job in the first place.

but just in case it's hard to come up with a question at the interview time, you should zapasti a good question (in my opinion), e.g. "what does a company look for in a successful candidate for this position?" this will focus them on being more specific about skills and/or qualities of a person and will enable you to talk about how your skills/education/experience match up well with what they are looking for.

What are some tips on being an aggressive interviewee? What type of questions are best to ask the interviewer? Please share your successful interview experiences.

thank you for your posts.

thank you for your posts.


you are very welcome :)

Chaya,

Did you have an opportunity to check the career advisement section? You might want to check out "Questions to Ask Employers" or "Frequently Asked Questions by Employers."

There is no actual format that you could follow in order to prepare for the interview. First thing you probably want to do is to research the company and not only getting the info but try to understand what the company is all about, read the mission statement or the 10K (annual report). Most of the employers first question is "Do you know anything about us/or company?" By researching you will show the employer that you are interested in the company and not just the salary.

Second, practice makes perfect. If it's your first real interview don't panic, most of the time it will go not as you probably wanted to. Practice your answers out loud, some people practice in their mind and when the interview time comes around people get disturbed by their own voice (is it me speaking?).

In terms of salary question, it's suggested not to bring it up on the first interview. If the employer persists on it and they want your salary requirements you could either say it's open or negotiable.

Have your questions ready before you go to an interview. If throughout the interview the employer answers all of your questions but you still want to ask him/her a question then you could say something like this: It looks like that you have answered all of my questions at this moment or What is the next step of the interview process? (this way you would know when they will get back to you) and last question: Could I please have your business card?

DO NOT FORGET TO WRITE A THANK YOU LETTER EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE POSITION/COMPANY. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK PROFESSIONAL

If you need more help email me or post it.

GOOD LUCK