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Re: Interviews: Where do you see yourself in 5 years
Subject:Re: Interviews: Where do you see yourself in 5 years From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:13:09 -0700
> Kate O' wrote:
> My least favorite question is "what do you consider to be
> your weaknesses?" Seriously, I don't see the value in this question at all.
While I agree the question is silly, the reality is that you WILL be asked
questions like this, so it pays to be prepared.
The best advice I ever got was to pick up a copy of Martin Yate's "Knock
'Em Dead," a terrific job-hunting book that Yate revises and publishes
each year. Yate devotes a lot of time to prepping you for tricky
interviewing scenarios. As I read the book, I thought "This is TOO corny -
nobody would really ask questions like these!"
But they DO. Every time.
His book prepares you with great (although often equally corny) answers to
these stupid questions, and I have to say, they work like a CHARM (as long
as you can say them with a straight face).
It's become my job-hunting bible, and the advice in it has NEVER steered
me wrong. After reading this book, for EVERY interview I've had, I've
received a job offer. That's a serious statistic, and an enthusiastic
endorsement!
(Hmmmm.... endorsement..... maybe I can get a commission from Mr.
Yate.....)
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