The Figure Behind The Desk.....
Often job interviews are not mainly focused just on the sitting of the job interview itself. Interviewers would always look for ways to get additional information about the candidate besides what they'll be getting during the interview session itself. Here are some job interview techniques and questions that can be resorted to in the search for a suitable employee:
References
The job references you've included in your resume may or may not be much help to you. Your reference would most probably speak well and highly of you. With this fact in mind, interviewers might look for some other people in your previous company who are not personally chosen by you to speak on your behalf. The entire point of this practice is to get some honest and truthful answers...
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Contact Methods
Most interviewers would have contacts even from your previous company. These contacts may provide the person conducting the job interview with some helpful information, even those which might not be entirely helpful to you. Don't be shocked if the interviewer calls his best friend over at your company to get some info on you. Therefore, you should always have a good relationship with other employees, even when you know that you're leaving the company soon...
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Beware of the DT's!
Some other very interesting job interview techniques or tactics an interviewer would use against you during your interview is to ask totally out-of-context questions. These are questions which you've not prepared for, like: If you were a fruit, what fruit would you be? Now I am not saying this is the kind of interview question you will be asked, I am just simply using this as an example of a potential employers train of thought if you like. I call it "The Deception Tactics" Scripted Interview questions and answers sets might offer very little information of who you really are...
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Look The Part!
This may seem a little obvious, but if I just count on one hand the kinds of outrageous attire I have seen candidates turn up for job interviews paying a basic wage of 50k+ per year wearing, you would never believe me. Don't underestimate the results that good personal presentation can bring...
Executive Interview Techniques
All of us have made mistakes during interviews and most of us may have left out some important details that we later regret not mentioning. But the most important thing by far is executive interview techniques that so many candidates simply are not aware of...
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