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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Job Interviews: Answering "What's Your Greatest Weakness?"

Many interview guides advise candidates to answer the common "What's your greatest weakness?" question with a positive trait disguised as a weakness. For example, "I tend to expect others to work as hard as I do," or "I'm a perfectionist."

That would be a mistake.

Why? Because interviewers have heard these canned answers over and over again.

Job Interviews: Answering "What's Your Greatest Weakness?"

If you use one of them, it will likely backfire on you. Because the hiring manager will think:

So state a true weakness! No one is perfect, so don't try to convince anyone (especially yourself) that you don't have any weaknesses.

However, I cannot overemphasize the importance of not listing a key element of the position as a weakness! If you do that, you might as well send yourself the rejection letter.

Pick a neutral weakness about something that's not critical to the job. Mention that. Then emphasize what you've done to overcome the weakness.

This shows that you are honest, that you recognize areas in which you need to grow, and that you are actively seeking ways to improve yourself.

Sample Answers:

"I honestly can't think of any weakness that would prevent me from doing an outstanding job for you in THIS position. But in the past, I've had some trouble delegating duties to others. I felt I could do things better and faster myself. This sometimes backfired because I'd end up with more than I could handle and the quality of my work would suffer. But I've taken courses in time management and effective delegation, and I've managed to overcome this weakness." [NOTE: You would not want to use this example for a supervisory position]

"I honestly can't think of any weakness that would prevent me from doing an outstanding job for you in THIS position. But I'm very weak in math and have to rely on a calculator even for basic computations. I always have one with me just in case a calculation is needed." [NOTE: You would not want to use this example for an accounting position or one that requires math skills!]

This question really isn't so tricky, once you know what to expect and how to respond.

Job Interviews: Answering "What's Your Greatest Weakness?"
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Monday, September 3, 2012

Competency Interview - How to Succeed at Competency Based Interviews

With competency interviews becoming increasingly common among interviewers across the world, it's a good idea to be prepared for when you have yours.

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In this article, you'll find out:
What competency interviews are What interviewers look for How you can prepare Where to go for typical competency questions

After this, you'll quickly start to feel more confident, be able to deliver a great competency interview performance and land the job!

Competency Interview - How to Succeed at Competency Based Interviews

Competency Interviews - What Are They?

Competency interviews are designed to find out how well you performed in given situations in the past. Research shows that how you did perform in the past is a more accurate predictor of how you will perform in the future compared to asking you how you would perform.

Here's an example:
Rather than asking: "How would you cope if you were given too much work to do" , interviewers might ask you: "Tell me about the last time you had too much work to do in a day". You see your interviewers want to know what you did in that scenario, why you did it and what the result was.

Before the interview, the recruiters study the job description and pick out the key skills, attributes etc.. that they think a successful candidate needs. They simply draft interview questions designed to find out if you are have these skills and attributes. The evidence is in what you did in the past.

Here's what we mean: Suppose the job calls for a person who can deal with difficult customers, in a complaints department, let's say. The interviewers will devise questions designed to find out how well you dealt with difficult customers before. The sort of things they will want to know are how you felt, what decisions/actions you took and the outcome of those actions. Some might even want to know what you would change about what you did.

What Do Interviewers Want In Competency Interview Answers?

On the whole, interviewers look for positive indicators that you are competent at the things they consider important in the job. But they also look for negative factors which will reduce the effectiveness of your answer. Negative indicators include not asking for help when appropriate, seeing changes or challenges as obstacles and reacting to things personally.

To fully understand how you behaved before, interviewers often want answers to the following 4 key components, often called STAR.

Situation or Task
Did the candidate explain the task or situation that they were involved in?

Action
Did they explain what they did, exactly, in relation to the task or situation?

Result
Did they explain the results of their actions?

If your answers don't give enough information, some interviewers will follow up with additional questions, like:
What was your particular role in this? What obstacles did you overcome? Why exactly did you take that action? What made you reach that decision? How did you feel about that? Who came up with that idea? What precisely was the outcome/result? What feedback did you get? How would you behave differently if it happened again?
Competency Interviews - How To Prepare

To help you get ready for competency based interviews, here are 5 things you should do:
Review the job ad Note down the knowledge, skills and attributes the employer is looking for. Are they looking for a good communicator, someone with initiative, or someone with excellent customer service skills and so on Come up with at least 1 example of where you've demonstrated each of the things you noted down in step 2 Write about the example/s in step 3. For every one, describe the circumstances, how you were feeling, what action your took, why you took it and the results Read your notes back to yourself or someone else. Think of extra questions your interviewers might ask about each example. Very often your interviewers want to know more than you expect!

Competency Interview - How to Succeed at Competency Based Interviews

Here are some example competency interview questions.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Back to Basics - 3 Steps to Success in Conducting Interviews and Interrogations

Make no mistake about it, investigative interviewing and criminal interrogation are complex, psychologically demanding tasks. Understanding human nature and the dynamics of communication along with knowing the rules of persuasion and influence, listening to verbal behavior, observing non-verbal signals and paralinguistic cues as well as documenting any physiological changes, grooming gestures, emblems, and micro-expressions of emotion you observe during the interview can be overwhelming. Understandably, it is easy to miss much of what is going on during the interview or interrogation, let alone knowing what the subject said.

But as with almost any task regardless of how complex, there are basic aspects which will be responsible for the majority of your success. Quite simply this is the "80/20 rule" which states that approximately 80% of your success will come from about 20% of your activities. Within the area of investigative interviews and criminal interrogations we can break that down into three main ingredients, if you will, which if present within your interviews and interrogations will greatly enhance your ability of a successful outcome by obtaining as much truthful information the subjects has within his or her memory.

1) Do your background: One of the fundamentals of effective interviewing is knowing the facts of your case and the strength of any available evidence. Have you ever been asked at the last minute to fill in on an interview or interrogation for a detective who may have been tied up on another task, and you get the "5-second briefing" before walking into the interview room? How effective can you be in that situation? The reality is, not very. You will just be the scribe and learn as you go along during the interview process. As investigators, we can be much more effective individually and as a team when we plan and prepare for the interview or interrogation well in advance of walking into the room by conducting a thorough case review and developing an interrogative strategy.

Back to Basics - 3 Steps to Success in Conducting Interviews and Interrogations

Planning and preparation while developing background information also includes knowing as much as possible about the individual you will be talking with. What is this individuals background? Prior arrests? Married? Children? Pets, Hobbies? Social circles? Religious beliefs? Gang affiliations? and on, and on. The more you know about the individual, the better your chances are of developing rapport and gaining the individuals trust and cooperation.

2) Ask open questions: By open questions I am referring to questions such as, "tell me everything that happened yesterday from the time you woke up until you ended your day", or "describe in detail everything that happened regarding the assault", or "tell me about your relationship with Mr. Johnson." Questions like these are open-ended, allowing for the individual to provide a free narrative response without any influence from the interviewer. Part of the importance of this type of question is that we obtain information rather than give information away, and there is limited contamination from the question itself. Asking a question such as "were you at Bob's Burger Barn yesterday at 2:00?" instantly tells the subject important facts about your investigation such as 'time' and 'location'. Now the individual can easily construct an alibi covering where he was yesterday at 2:00, if he hasn't planned it out already, and sometimes it may be unverifiable making it difficult to dispute it. However, if the individual responds to an open question such as "tell me everything that happened yesterday from the time you woke up until you ended your day" and they interject the time of the crime on their own, that may be significant. Why did they choose to put that specific time in their statement? After obtaining the initial response from an open question, whether in a written statement or an oral interview, you then review and ask clarifying questions to expand upon what they stated, again, using an open-question style such as "tell me more about...", or "you stated you arrived at the party at 7:30, describe in detail everything that happened upon your arrival." Continue to ask clarifying, memory-probing questions to develop the information that the individual provided.

3) Listen to what they say: This by far is one of the most important aspects of conducting effective investigative interviews or criminal interrogations. It seems rather obvious, but in practice, many investigators do not really listen to what the individual said. Often times the investigator is working down a list of questions and while the individual is responding to one question, they are already thinking about the next question they plan on asking. Also, sometimes the investigator is so caught up in looking at the non-verbal behavior, eye movements, hand and foot movements, 'lint-picking' or other grooming gestures and trying to assess what that all means, but the verbal cues are being missed.

The importance of this cannot be understated because much of the recent research on deception has indicated that verbal cues are more diagnostic of deception than non-verbal cues. Researchers have recommended that police focus on what people say rather than what they do during interviews since it has been shown that truthful accounts differ from fabricated accounts in various ways which can be identified by really listening to their account. Also, by understanding principles of investigative statement analysis and by really listening to the words the individual uses, you will be able to discern subtle differences in the content of their language and word choices leading to a better assessment of their veracity. Sometimes what appears to be a denial may not be, but it can be easily missed if you do not pay attention to the individuals language.

In summary, there are certainly no short-cuts to conducting effective interviews or interrogations, and it is my opinion that the more training you have and the more experience you gather from the application of the techniques and information, the more effective you can be. I strongly suggest attending all the training classes and seminars you can to enhance your interview and interrogation skills. However, by applying the basic principles above such as obtaining as much background information on the case and the individual as possible, and developing rapport and trust with them, and ask open-ended questions geared towards information gathering, and really listen to their responses, you will be 80% there.

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Friday, June 29, 2012

175 Power Verbs and Phrases for Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews

While you're revamping your resume or cover letter or constructing your proof-by-example stories for interviews, you'll find you need to watch your word choice. Why? Communication is powerful if the words we use to communicate are powerful. That's not all it takes, but the right words make for a good beginning.
So as you craft achievement statements or write paragraphs that sell your skills or draft interview responses to knock the employers' socks off, consider these suggestions:
Use verbs in active tense, not passive tense. Use verbs that convey power and action. Use verbs that claim the highest level of skill or achievement you can legitimately claim. Use verbs to accurately describe what you have done on the job. Use adjectives and adverbs sparingly, but when you use them, use them well. Use nouns that are as specific and as descriptive as possible. Use numbers whenever possible. Use the most impressive (and still honest) form of the number you use. Never lie! It IS NOT worth it. It WILL catch up with you. Proofread all your verbs and nouns for agreement, tense and appropriateness. Here, then, are 175 powerful verbs and phrases to make use of in resumes, cover letters and interviews:
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Is the Oil Change Due? How Often Should I Change Car Oil?

If you are looking for the quick and dirty answer, then it's the first of 3000 miles or 3 months. But on any given day, you can ask ten people and may get at least 2 different answers. The answer variation lead me to conduct an extensive, detailed research. The research answered explained yet another interesting question. Why would two identical cars experience engine failure at different odometer reading. One runs for 300,000 miles, while others fails before reaching 50,000.

The majority of vehicle manufacturers suggested that passenger car and light truck gasoline engines driven under normal conditions should get an oil change once a year or every 7,500 miles. I went on to find a description for normal driving conditions. One hundred college students were interviewed to determine the description of their own driving. You may stereotype college students driving as sever conditions, but three in four thought their driving is of normal condition, while answering yes to one of the following questions.

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Do you drive on the on the highway during hot weather?

If you answered yes to any of the questions, then you're driving is considered of severe condition. Some so called experts claim that the 3000 miles rule is a myth that oil companies came up with to increase their profits. This maybe true if you are buying a brand new car, and do not plan to keep it for an extended period of time. However, lets look at it from a different perspective. Frying oil. You can use the same oil in the pan for multiple uses. Some people use the same oil 10 times, and some others are not willing to use it more than 2 times.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Best Cover Letters For Getting Job Interviews

There's no doubt about it. People who write the best cover letters get the best job interviews. Research shows that the most effective, cover letters have a number of common characteristics. They follow a 3-part format that consistently garners positive results and earns the job applicants who wrote them highly sought after job interviews.

Even if you're not a great writer, you can write great cover letters by following the format listed below. Use this format to write the best cover letters for getting job interviews. If you write your cover letter and still aren't comfortable with the result, have no fear. The link at the end of the article offers cover letter writing services and software that may assist you.

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But first things first...

Best Cover Letters For Getting Job Interviews

1. Grab Attention in Your First Paragraph is the first tip to writing best cover letters for getting job interviews.

Hiring managers review hundreds of cover letters and resumes for every job they fill. To get attention, your cover letter must stand out. Here are examples of effective and interesting first paragraphs. Choose the one that works best for your situation and modify it to suit your needs.

State how your skills and experience match the job description and would be a benefit to the organization.

Example: After graduating from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Computer Graphic Technology, I spent the summer interning in New York City at Sunrise Communications. During that time, I brainstormed ideas and story concepts with Sunrise's Creative Team. I drew detailed storyboards that formed the basis for local and international TV advertisements. At Sunrise, I learned to share ideas, accept criticism and problem-solve in a high-pressured environment. Example: In response to this opportunity, I would like to call attention to my experience in producing and directing numerous PR events throughout Orange County as well as my large network of both celebrity and national media contacts. Example: Since graduating from Simmons College Prince Program of Retail Management, I've been involved in all aspects of retail, from front-of-the-store management and training to inventory planning, buying, and merchandising. I have worked in both specialty and mass markets and have broad-based experience dealing with customers, fellow employees, management, and vendors. I thrive in a fast-paced environment and feel energized by the thought of helping manage the L.L. Bean Women's Department.
If you've talked with the hiring manager, use the first paragraph to remind her of the conversation.

Example: Thank you for calling me about the Character Animator position posted on Pixar's website. I enjoyed talking with you and learning more about this position.

If appropriate, don't be afraid to name drop.

Example: Henry Smith, who supervised my work as a summer intern with your firm, recommended that I apply for the position of Associate Attorney.

Mention something you know about the organization.

Example: I read the June 10th issue of The Kentucky Sun with great interest. The article, "How One Restaurant Makes a Difference" applauded Pannucci's contribution to the Good Shepherd Food Bank. I believe my experience as a pastry chef as well as my work on the Eastside Food Pantry's Board of Directors makes me a perfect candidate for the position of Pannucci Head Pastry Chef. Example: Cuddledown's branded voice is recognizable and respected; its high-quality products are well positioned in the market. I would welcome the chance to develop and execute marketing strategies to increase sales and distribution of the company's products.

Get their attention by asking a question.

Example: Are you looking for a self-motivated individual who has organized large-scale events and significantly improved customer retention?
2. Keep Their Attention in the Middle is the second tip to write best cover letters for getting job interviews.

As you write, keep the company's point of view in mind. Try to anticipate what the hiring manager is looking for and include that information. If you have an employment gap or some other item on your resume that you think the hiring manager will question, succinctly and without apology, answer the issue in the middle section of your cover letter.

In the middle section of your cover letter, tell how your education and experience match the job description. Use specific examples to show how your skills meet the job requirements. .

Example: To manage this department, I would call on my experience at Jordan Marsh as the Liz Claiborne Department Manager. There, I merchandised product and motivated my sales team to generate the highest company-wide sales volume for dress collections. I am a natural sales person and definitely "have a knack" for merchandising and visual presentation. Example: Throughout my years as a caseworker, I have helped many clients identify and apply for jobs that match their skill sets. I believe my dedication to the people I serve and my ability to identify and match their strengths to the job market makes me the perfect candidate for Employment Specialist position at Crossroads Community Services.

If appropriate, mention specific goals you have accomplished.

Example: While at Nordstrom's, I motivated my team to exceed department sales goals of .2 million annually. The team generated the highest company-wide sales volume for the dress collection. Example: While providing administrative support to the Director of Marketing and Sales, I reduced company travel expenditures by ,000 in my first three months by renegotiating contracts with the department's suppliers.
3. End your Cover Letter with an Action Follow Up and a Respectful Close is the third tip for writing best cover letters for getting job interviews.

Your closing paragraph or sentence should encourage action.

·Example: As requested, I have enclosed my resume for your review. I look forward to discussing my qualifications and learning more about the position. Please contact me at 555.555.5555 or by email at dede@afewgoodwords.com with any additional questions. Thank you for your time and consideration.

End your letter with a respectful and professional close. "Sincerely yours" or "Respectfully yours" works well.

That's it. Use this 3-part format to write best cover letters for getting job interviews. If you do, you'll end up with a cover letter that will stand up to the competition and get you the job interviews you deserve.

Best of luck in your job search.

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Competency Based Interviews - 6 Steps to Success!

Competency based interviews are intended to get the best from you, the candidate, whilst also fulfilling the needs of the organisation to get the very best person for the job. There are some easy steps to make the most of yourself and have a much better chance of success.

Remember that competencies are there to help you and they provide a guide-map for your competency based interview success!

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