It is important to prepare thoroughly for your telephone interview.

Begin by studying the job description and the candidate profile. This will enable you to identify the company’s particular needs and demonstrate that you possess the skills required to meet them.

Find out all you can about the company’s products, services, history, and culture. Make a special effort to identify any areas where your skills and experience may be of particular value.

Familiarize yourself with the company’s website and be prepared to comment constructively upon it if asked.

Prepare a list matching your accomplishments to the company’s stated requirements. Keep this list in front of you during the interview and refer to it at every opportunity.

Specify and quantify your accomplishments, e.g. ‘increased sales by 35%’ or ‘reduced overheads by 27%’.

How to Survive a Tricky/Adversarial Interview

The following ‘difficult’ questions are common to most tricky or adversarial interviews. In order to convince the interviewer that you are the best person for the job, you must prepare and rehearse your answers meticulously.
Study the job description and the candidate profile; research the company; and match your skills and accomplishments to the employer’s requirements.

When preparing your answers, consider what each question is designed to find out about the candidate’s suitability for the position on offer.

1. Why are you leaving your current job?

The employer is seeking to identify problems you have had in the past that you may carry over into your new job. Always cite positive reasons for joining and leaving a company. Never criticize your previous employer or work colleagues. Avoid statements that may convey a negative impression of yourself or your ability to get on with others. State that you are looking for a new challenge and briefly explain why you see the advertised position as an important step forward in your career.

As a candidate you should be able to express yourself with clarity and precision. To do this you must make adequate preparation, anticipating likely questions and rehearsing your responses. Your answers should appear spontaneous. At the same time, you should come across as thoughtful, articulate and coherent. So preparation is essential.

During the interview you should speak confidently, making sure to support your answers with relevant examples from your work experience. It is up to you during the course of the interview to acquaint the interviewer with whatever information you consider to be important in advancing
your claims to the job on offer.

Always relate your answers to the job for which you are applying. This is particularly important in the case of candidates who are faced with the sort of indirect questions favoured by many interviewers. For example, the interviewer may ask you to describe your current job. This is an indirect way of asking you to what extent your present skills and experience relate to the job for which you are applying.

Dealing with the salary question is often the most difficult interview question facing job seekers.

Most job seekers feel understandably anxious, embarrassed and uncomfortable when the time comes to discuss salaries. Advice such as “never bring up the issue of salary, let the interviewer say it first,” is rarely helpful if you don’t have any idea of how to respond when the topic does come up.

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Before going to the interview, it’s crucial to research the company and salary range for the position you are applying for persons with your background and experience. Have a salary range in mind and be prepared to discuss these figures once salary negotiation has come up.

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This is the groundwork you need to do prior to the interview. If a recruitment consultancy is helping you in your job search, then you should have been fully briefed on the role and the organisation, but you should be able to demonstrate that you have done your own research. All of this will also help you to formulate some probing questions to ask the interviewer.

Explore the industry sector. Who does the organisation compete with? Where does the organisation fit within its own marketplace?
ensure you know about its products and services and think about new marketing opportunities
have there been any recent news articles about the company or industry?

Visit the company’s website, get hold of a copy of the annual report - look at growth figures, product pricing, product development, short term profit picture and check the current stock price read the Chairperson’s Report carefully - this should give you clues to the issues the organisation faces read any company brochures, press releases or product literature that you can get hold of network - other people are an excellent source of information

For a recruiter, there are three items on the agenda for every interview.

whether you can do the job
if you will do it effectively
if you are likely to work well within their culture

Your agenda should be to demonstrate how your past performance and achievements prove that you have the competence to do the job well. In your preparation for your interview, you ought to have identified the skills and experience sought for the position.

Also, you should have reviewed your career history for evidence of these skills and experiences. Re-read your CV thoroughly, an interviewer will often use your CV to direct or focus the interview. You should be aware of potential trouble spots on your CV (e.g. career gaps or very short periods of time in jobs). These can prompt awkward questions, make sure you have prepared honest and objective answers.

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Gaining competitive edge in an interview is not always a question of being better or more qualified than other applicants. The difference between success or failure can rely on preparation. This article will suggest ways you can prepare for an interview and therefore exhibit better technique. Whilst some of these points may appear obvious it consistently amazes employers how many candidates are ill prepared and as a consequence let themselves down in an interview.

1) Be Ready For The Obvious Questions

Whilst there will almost always be a question curve ball, unusual questions are rarely the reason candidates are rejected. Unsatisfactory answers to easily predictable questions are a much more common route to failure. Preparing answers, in particular, to questions about your strengths/weaknesses, why you want the job, what you know about the employer and what your career goals are can really help your chance of success.