One of the soft skills employers request the most is communication. What are soft skills and how do I demonstrate them in my job search? Soft skills are sometimes difficult to demonstrate to others because they’re personal attributes, like teamwork, punctuality, and listening skills. But during your job hunt, they’re certainly not impossible to demonstrate […]
Ever wonder what it’s like to interview for a software developer position with Facebook, Google, Amazon or Microsoft? Working for one of these companies, often called the “Big Four”, would be a dream come true for many people, but we found a guy who made that dream a reality in a huge way. Our anonymous […]
What is company cultural fit? At its most basic, cultural fit is the way a workplace functions and how employees behave. For example, a company culture can be laidback, strict, easygoing, or collaborative. When receiving a job rejection, you might wrack your brain as to why you weren’t selected. Perhaps you didn’t have the ideal […]
Interviews make a lot of people nervous. Luckily, there are a number of interview apps that can help prepare you for your big day. Here, we’ll a couple of our favorites. Monster.com Interviews Free 3 out 4 stars Overview: Monster.com Interviews, available for iPhone and iPad, guides you through the interview process with expert […]
What Those Personality Interview Questions Really All About? Job interviews are almost always stressful, but your anxiety can rocket to never-before-seen levels when you don’t know the right answer to a question. That’s often the case with personality questions and psychological testing, because you don’t know what the interviewer is looking for. Sure, you can […]
One you’ve been in the throes of a job search you’ve experienced all different kinds of interviews – some good and some bad. The most challenging interview is often one where the interviewer doesn’t really know what to do or which questions to ask. It’s hard to get your points across when the interviewer isn’t asking […]
Hint: It Starts Way Before You Get to the Interview One cliché we’ve all heard is that past behavior predicts future behavior. That may or may not be psychologically sound, but it is the theory behind behavioral interview questions. Many recruiters believe that the best way to gain insight into how you’d handle certain situations […]
It has happened to everyone. You are sitting in the interview room and the hiring manager asks you that one tough interview question you were not expecting. How do you answer a question that would appear to have no positive answer? What do you say when someone asks you to expose your weaknesses in the […]
Interviews are among the most stressful parts of hunting for a new job. Depending on the job, interviews can take twenty minutes or span several days with multiple interviewers and an intensive screening process. Preparing for an interview is a big part of the job hunting process. Someone can think they have everything covered, only […]
The most underutilized tool in preparing for job interviews is the job description. As a job seeker, you rely heavily upon the job description in the early stages of the hunt—after all, it’s the only piece of information you have to help you land an interview. But, once you’ve landed that interview, the job description gets […]
“Besides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your enemies, one of the most unpleasant experiences in life is a job interview.” —Daniel Handler (a.k.a Lemony Snicket), The Carnivorous Carnival To say that job interviews are challenging is putting it mildly. Among many […]
After your resume makes it past the applicant tracking system, you are one step closer to landing a coveted job interview. There is endless advice available about exactly how you should prepare, but there is less space devoted to what you should do once an interview ends. These five guidelines will tell you exactly how to follow […]