The Ultimate Interview Book

Lynn Williams is a career counsellor and trainer who runs workshops on CV writing and interview techniques. She writes regularly for a wide range of publications on job search and career issues and is also the author of Readymade CVs, Readymade Job Search Letters and 30 Minutes to Write the Perfect CV, (all published by Kogan Page).

Chapter 1: Know Your Enemy: Understanding Interviewers Chapter 2: Prepare Yourself: What You Need to Know before the Interview Chapter 3: Answering Questions: What the Interviewer Will Ask and What You Need to Tell Them Chapter 4: The Welcome and Opening Questions: What to Expect from the Interview and How to Begin Confidently Chapter 5: Questions for Practical Jobs: Key Question, 'Are You Reliable?' Chapter 6: Questions for Creative Jobs: Key Question, 'Will You Deliver?' Chapter 7: Questions for Clerical and Administrative Jobs: Key Question, 'Are You Efficient?' Chapter 8: Questions for Sales and Marketing Jobs: Key Question, 'Can You Sell?' Chapter 9: Questions for Technical Jobs: Key Question, 'Can You Do the Job?' Chapter 10: Questions for Management Jobs: Key Question, 'Can You Get Results?' Chapter 11: Questions for Customer Relations Jobs: Key Question, 'Are You Customer Focused?' Chapter 12: Questions for School and College Leavers: What to Do if You Don't Have Experience Chapter 13: Tackling the Person-Specific Questions: Handling Difficult Questions Chapter 14: Your Questions for the Interviewer: What to Ask at the End of the Interview Chapter 15: Interview Extras: Tasks and Tests They Might Include and How to Approach Them Chapter 16: Variations on the Theme: Different Types of Interview and How to Deal with Them Confidently Chapter 17: Looking the Part: Making a Good Impression from the Start Chapter 18: What Happens Next? What to Do after the Interview