Interview Mistakes

I feel like the first interview suggestion, "Don't ask stupid questions" could be a potentially big interview mistake, because I agree that you should research as much as possible about the company prior to the interview. I feel like the second one about not treating the secretary poorly is not a huge mistake necessarily, instead this piece of advice is more just common sense. The third piece of advice is very important to follow, because you want to make sure that you are honest, so that you get a job that fits both your capabilities and personality. The fourth and fifth kind of go together, and remembering to follow up will determine your possibility of receiving the job, so of course not following up could be really bad. I do not know much personally about the sixth one, but I don't see why it would hurt to give the person interviewing you as much to go by about your qualifications as possible. I feel like seven and eight just fit into the catergory of being prepared and relaxing during the interview and it will go fine. The phone interview advice for number nine should be taken very seriously, and I think the point about setting time aside to make sure you are not distracted will make the process go a lot more smoothly. Number ten is the best piece of advice, just be yourself and relax!

I have had a few job interviews, and they both were actually pretty similar. My first one was at the YMCA, and the supervisor just asked me to tell her a little bit about myself and why I thought the job would be right for me. She mostly just based the process on whether she thought I would be responsible enough for the position because that was my first actual job experience. The other job interview was at a tanning bed, and it was pretty laid back as well. She just asked about my previous job, what my I considered my strengths/weaknesses to be, and why I wanted to work for that specific tanning bed. I feel like to be well prepared for an interview, the most important thing to do is know as much as about the company as possible, and be confident in the reasons you think would make you right for the position.