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Subject:re: Interviewing Strategies From:Liz_Vela -at- bcbstx -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:57:09 -0600
I agree with this line of thinking. A recruiter once gave me two good
pieces of advice about interviewing, and they worked for me in my last
three jobs. The advice was to ask the interviewer if there are any concerns
about what I've said, and, at the end of the interview to say that I want
the job.
I use that advice when I want the job. I ask for the job by saying "I
really like what I've heard and I want you to know that I'd like to have
the job." Before that, I'll say "Is there anything in our discussion here
that you are concerned about?" In my last four interviews (over a span of
ten years) the interviewer had a concern and I was able to allay it by
clarifying something I'd said or by providing further information. In every
case but one, I was offered the job.
Liz
<I agree with Maggie. Having been on both sides of the desk, I like to
<see enthusiasm from a candidate. Given two candidates with equal
<qualifications, and if one of them said something like "This sounds like
<a great opportunity that's right down my alley!" I'd be more inclined
<to offer the position to them.
<My 2¢,
<John Garison
Maggie_Secara -at- capgroup -dot- com wrote:
> I'd certainly never use those words either. But it can't hurt to make it
> clear that you DO want this job. I tried it this last time, and you know,
I
> think it made a difference.
>
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