Leading Recruitment organisation InterQuest Group share their the first 5 of their 10 Top Tips for a candidates attending a first-round job interview (Part 1)

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START WITH THE COMPANY’S WEBSITE. ALSO, CHECK THE COMPANY’S SOCIAL
MEDIA CHANNELS SUCH AS LINKEDIN, TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. FIND ANY
PLACES THE COMPANY HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN THE NEWS.

3. 2 BE PUNCTUAL
ARRIVING LATE IS NEVER A GOOD
START TO A JOB INTERVIEW. PLAN
AHEAD TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T
GET LOST OR DELAYED ON THE
DAY OF THE INTERVIEW.
IF POSSIBLE MAKE A PRACTICE RUN BEFOREHAND, SO THAT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE
WHERE YOU NEED TO GO ON THE DAY.
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KNOW
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BECOME AN EXPERT ON EVERYTHING ON YOUR
CV, SO YOU CAN TALK THROUGH EVERY SECTION
OF IT IN THE INTERVIEW IF CALLED UPON.
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YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO POINT OUT WHICH PARTS OF YOUR
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS ARE RELEVANT TO ANY QUESTION YOU

5. 4
IT MIGHT SEEM OBVIOUS, BUT IT IS VITAL THAT
YOU ALWAYS DRESS IN FORMAL BUSINESS ATTIRE
FOR AN INTERVIEW.
DRESS SMARTLY
APPEAR POSITIVE
FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT; A SMART APPEARANCE AND
POSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE ARE VITAL IN CREATING A
GOOD ONE!

6. 5
PAY ATTENTION
TO QUESTIONS
MAKE SURE YOU PROPERLY LISTEN TO THE
INTERVIEWERS’ QUESTIONS AND TAKE TIME
TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
DON’T RUSH YOUR ANSWERS
AND DON’T WAFFLE. IT IS BETTER
TO GIVE A SHORT CONCISE
ANSWER, THAN A LONG ANSWER
WITH LITTLE SUBSTANCE.