PREPARATION OF JOB INTERVIEW AND CONFIDENCE

These two essentials ingredients are interlinked. Good preparation instills confidence.
So the basic approach to an interview is to be well prepared. This means two things-preparing yourself practically for the interview, and gathering knowledge and information you can draw on during the interview.
• Be sure you know the time, date and location of the interview and the name of the interviewee where appropriate.
• Check out how you will get to the location and when you need to set off to be there in good time-do a dummy run if necessary. Plan to get there no earlier than half an hour before the interview time, anticipate delays.
• Have what you are going to wear ready in advance – everything down to your underwear.
• Do not go the interview laden down with baggage-psychological as well as physical. Take the bare minimum of belongings necessary. Concentrate on the interview at the interview-nothing else.
• If you are asked to bring certificates, references etc, get them ready before the day. Take your interview letter.
• On arrival ensure the receptionist knows you are there, visit the toilets to tidy up etc.
• If you are well organized and have planned for the day your confidence will increase.

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