Interview Book, The

How to prepare and perform at your best in any interview

James Innes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2015 | 3rd edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-292-08651-4 (ISBN)

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This is the definitive, bestselling guide to planning, preparing and performing in interviews to maximise your chances of landing the job you want. The guidance in this book has been tried, tested and honed to perfection. The unique content includes a chapter on avoiding the most common interview mistakes, and important information on how to handle and benefit from the post-interview period.

Written by the CEO of the UK’s leading CV consultancy service, James Innes, the book is supported by exclusive online tools and bonus content including sample

interview questions, templates and best-practice scenarios.

James Innes is the Managing Director of The CV Centre, the UK’s leading CV consultancy. James founded The CV Centre in 1998 and has built the company to its current position as UK market leaders in the field of CV consultancy. James regularly delivers presentations to recent graduates and also contributes widely to newspapers and magazines in both the UK and France and is the author of The Interview Book, The CV Book, The Cover Letters Book and The Interview Question and Answer Book

About the author

Acknowledgements

How to use this book

Part 1 Plannning, preparation and organisation: a winning strategy

1. Why are interviews so important?

2. Researching the job

3. Researching the organisation

4. Mental preparation

5. Presentation

6. Body language

7. The big day

8. First impressions count

Part 2 Interview scenarios: expect the unexpected

9. Basic principles

10. Classic one-on-one interviews

11. Panel interviews

12. Competency-based, behavioural and situational interviews

13. Psychometric and aptitude tests

14. Presentations

15. Group interviews

16. Distance interviews

Part 3 Assessment centres

17. Assessment centres

Part 4 Interview questions – and their answers!

18. Basic principles

19. The ten questions you’re most likely to be asked

20. Forty classic questions you must be prepared for

21. Illegal questions – and how to dodge them

22. Special cases: from school leavers to retirees

23. Yet more questions

Part 5 Ending the interview

24. Your own questions

Part 6 The 15 most common interview mistakes

25. How to avoid them!

Part 7 After the interview: closing the deal

26. Following up

27. Negotiating the offer

28. References

29. Resigning

30. Handling rejection

31. Your new job

Part 8 My five top tips for interview success

32. How to guarantee interview success!

Further reading and resources

Index of questions

Index

Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	444 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Berufs- und Fachschule
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
ISBN-10	1-292-08651-3 / 1292086513
ISBN-13	978-1-292-08651-4 / 9781292086514
Zustand	Neuware