Common Interviewing Errors

If you want to put your best foot forward in an interview… don’t get caught making one of the following errors!!

• Poor or casual personal appearance
• Lack of enthusiasm, passive/ indifferent
• Over emphasis on money
• Condemnation of past employers
• Failure to look at the interviewer when conversing
• Limp handshake
• Tardiness to the interview
• Failure to express appreciation for the interviewers time
• Asks no questions about the job or the company
• Indefinite response to questions
• Over-bearing or over-aggressive
• Inability to express self clearly; poor voice diction, grammar
• Lack of planning for career; no purpose or goals
• Lack of confidence and poise
• Makes excuses, evasive with answers
• Lack of tact
• Lack of maturity
• Lack of vitality
• Indecision and hesitation
• Merely shopping around seeking a counter offer
• No interest in the company or the industry to which they have applied
• Low moral standards
• Lazy
• Narrow interests
• Intolerant; strong prejudices
• Inability to take criticism
  

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