CareerTalk™

NO, a job interview is not a suspect cross-examination, it’s a two-way conversation that is commonly initiated by the interviewer, as a candidate, it is generally acceptable for you to ask questions never fear a single bit. When your turn comes, don’t shy away like you know everything about the job you are being interviewed for or the details about the company, put your interviewer to the task too.  Yes, during some...

More than 80% percent of applications are discarded or ignored at first glance well, we know you want your application to be part of the 20%. Here is why your application can miss being among the 20%; Use of non-standard CV formats There are normally standard CV formats, if you use the non-standard format recruiters may get confused trying to find information about you on your CV, don’t get overly creative in...

As someone prepares for an interview there is always fear for unexpected questions, stubborn interviewers or even getting inadvertently late. Well there is always another situation, one where you know the answer to the asked question but you fear that it might not be the one your interviewer wants to hear. An example is if your interview is on a Sunday, you meet up at the Venue (Office) and everyone is engrossed at their table busy...

There are some common interview questions such as “tell us about yourself”, “what do you know about our company?” that are familiar to anyone who has been at either side of the interview table before. Well there are questions such as “If i asked your current or former boss to make a sentence about you what would that be?” Such a question is self-indulgent and power-based but the interviewer isn’t...

What you say in an interview matters immensely. "It's your audition!" Apart from submitting a CV full of errors, the other way you can be disregarded for a new job is by making unnecessary interview slip-ups. Hiring managers use the interview to measure your fitness for the job, creativity, ability to think on your feet, emotional intelligence, and attitude. It's important to remember that it's not just what you say that counts, but also...