Mastering Interview Skills for Employability in 2020

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Learn the essential interview skills you need in 2020, from conducting background research and watching body language to preparing questions and avoiding negative language. Discover how to prepare for an interview effectively, including researching the employer, practicing answers, and staying calm during the process. Improve your interviewing skills with helpful tips and techniques in this comprehensive guide.

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Interview Skills 2020 EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

What is an Interview? An interview is essentially a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. In common parlance, the word "interview" refers to a one-on-one conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee.

10 Interview Skills You Need 1) Do your background research. 2) Be polite to everyone. 3) Watch your body language. 4) Watch your real language. 5) Review your own resume. 6) Prepare for standard questions. 7) Prepare your wardrobe. 8) Prepare your questions. 9) Don't badmouth your former employer. 10) Don't forget the thank you card or email.

How to prepare for an interview? 1. Before your interview, spend some real time on the employer s website. Read about them, their clients, and their products or services. Your goal here isn t just to learn about what they do but, crucially, to learn about how they see themselves. 2. Dig into the job description. Spend some time going through the job posting line by line and thinking about how your experience and skills equip you to excel at the job. 3. Write down the questions you re likely to be asked, and practice saying your answers out loud. It s a decent bet that you ll be asked questions like: Why are you thinking about leaving your current job? What are your strengths and weaknesses? 4. Figure out what you re most nervous about being asked. Sometimes when people dread having a particular topic arise in an interview (for example, a past firing or even what salary they re seeking), they don t prepare a polished answer and instead just hope it won t come up. 5. Come up with questions of your own to ask. Toward the end of the interview, your interviewer will probably ask what questions you have for her. 6. Get yourself into the right state of mind. If you get nervous before interviews, it can help to remember that the employer almost certainly thinks you re qualified, or at least that you re very likely to be qualified!