Ultimate Interview
100s of Great Interview Answers Tailored to Specific Jobs
3rd Edition
Published on 3. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-7494-6406-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ultimate Interview will give you all the background information that you need as well as essential practice to secure that job. Uniquely among interview guidebooks, it organises common interview questions according to specific job types, such as management, sales and marketing, administrative and clerical. Each section looks at the thinking behind the questions, and suggests an effective method of answering. With additional advice on researching the background to a vacancy, and how skills and characteristics can be assessed and developed, this book is a must-have for all serious job hunters.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-6406-6 (9780749464066)
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Person
Lynn Williams is a career counsellor and trainer who runs workshops on CV writing and interview techniques. She writes regularly for a wide range of publications on job search and career issues and is also the author of Ultimate Job Search, Readymade CVs and Readymade Job Search Letters (all published by Kogan Page).
Content
Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Chapter - 01: Know your enemy: Understanding interviewers;
Chapter - 02: Prepare yourself: What you need to know before the interview;
Chapter - 03: Answering questions: What the interviewer will ask and what you need to tell them;
Chapter - 04: Starting the interview: What to expect from the interview and how to begin confidently;
Chapter - 05: Questions they ask everybody: Standard questions you should prepare for;
Chapter - 06: Questions for practical jobs: Core question, 'Are you reliable?';
Chapter - 07: Questions for creative jobs: Core question, 'Will you deliver?';
Chapter - 08: Questions for clerical and administrative jobs: Core question, 'Are you efficient?';
Chapter - 09: Questions for sales and marketing jobs: Core question, 'Can you sell?';
Chapter - 10: Questions for technical jobs: Core question, 'Can you do the job?';
Chapter - 11: Questions for management jobs: Core question, 'Will you get results?';
Chapter - 12: Questions for customer relations jobs: Core question, 'Are you customer focused?';
Chapter - 13: Questions for school and college leavers: What to do if you don't have experience;
Chapter - 14: Tackling the difficult questions: Handling questions about perceived areas of weakness;
Chapter - 15: Dealing with tricky questions: What to say when there's no clear answer;
Chapter - 16: Answering off-the-wall questions: What is the interviewer really asking?;
Chapter - 17: Your questions for the interviewer: What to ask at the end of the interview;
Chapter - 18: Variations on the theme: Different types of interview and how to deal with them confidently;
Chapter - 19: Interview extras: Tasks and tests they might include and how to approach them;
Chapter - 20: Looking the part: Making a good impression from the start;
Chapter - 21: What happens next?: What to do after the interview
Chapter - 01: Know your enemy: Understanding interviewers;
Chapter - 02: Prepare yourself: What you need to know before the interview;
Chapter - 03: Answering questions: What the interviewer will ask and what you need to tell them;
Chapter - 04: Starting the interview: What to expect from the interview and how to begin confidently;
Chapter - 05: Questions they ask everybody: Standard questions you should prepare for;
Chapter - 06: Questions for practical jobs: Core question, 'Are you reliable?';
Chapter - 07: Questions for creative jobs: Core question, 'Will you deliver?';
Chapter - 08: Questions for clerical and administrative jobs: Core question, 'Are you efficient?';
Chapter - 09: Questions for sales and marketing jobs: Core question, 'Can you sell?';
Chapter - 10: Questions for technical jobs: Core question, 'Can you do the job?';
Chapter - 11: Questions for management jobs: Core question, 'Will you get results?';
Chapter - 12: Questions for customer relations jobs: Core question, 'Are you customer focused?';
Chapter - 13: Questions for school and college leavers: What to do if you don't have experience;
Chapter - 14: Tackling the difficult questions: Handling questions about perceived areas of weakness;
Chapter - 15: Dealing with tricky questions: What to say when there's no clear answer;
Chapter - 16: Answering off-the-wall questions: What is the interviewer really asking?;
Chapter - 17: Your questions for the interviewer: What to ask at the end of the interview;
Chapter - 18: Variations on the theme: Different types of interview and how to deal with them confidently;
Chapter - 19: Interview extras: Tasks and tests they might include and how to approach them;
Chapter - 20: Looking the part: Making a good impression from the start;
Chapter - 21: What happens next?: What to do after the interview