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Job interviews are crucial meetings that seal the deal on who gets hired. But, since the previous edition of Job Interviews for Dummies was published, everything about the interview process has changed in ways you need to know about and get comfortable with beforehand. This completely revised and updated 3 rd Edition brings you fully up to speed with the latest technological changes, interview strategies, and negotiation techniques to help you give a show-stopping performance and land the job of your dreams. You learn the secrets of successful Internet video interviewing and find out how to present yourself on a global scale. And, you’ll get plenty of expert advice on giving targeted responses, pinpointing the critical parts of questions, and following up on the interview. In this outstanding handbook of contemporary interview arts, you’ll discover how to: Out-prepare the competition Overcome your fear of interviewing Ask smart questions about the job and the employer Give the best answers to make-or-break questions Fit your qualifications to the job’s requirements Dress like an insider Survive personality tests Interview across cultures Deliver a show-stopping interview performance Evaluate a job offer Negotiate a better salary Whether you’re fresh from the classroom, a prime-timer over 50, or somewhere in between, Job Interviews For Dummies, 3 rd Edition gets you up to speed fast on the skills and tools you need to land the job you want. Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition 3 About the Author 5 About the Technical Reviewer 5 Author’s Acknowledgments 7 Contents at a Glance 9 Table of Contents 11 Introduction 19 What Is a ShowStopper in Job Interviewing? 19 About This Book 20 Conventions Used in This Book 20 Terms Used in This Book 21 Foolish Assumptions 21 How This Book Is Organized 22 Icons Used in This Book 24 Where to Go from Here 24 Part I: And the Interview Winner Is . . . You! 27 Chapter 1: Job Interviews Are Reality Shows. Really! 29 Interviewing Is Theater 30 Why “Be Yourself” Can Be Poor Advice 31 New Faces, New Factors in Interviewing 32 Ten Concepts to Make You a Star 37 Take Home an Oscar from Any Interview 43 When Interviewers Chase You 48 Building Lifetime Confidence 49 Chapter 2: Tailoring Your Qualifications for Targeted Job Interviews 51 Connecting the Dots: Showing You’re the Right One 52 Presenting Your Qualifications in a Targeted Interview 53 Making Up for Missing Qualifications 57 Chapter 3: Going Wireless for Your Interview 59 Can You See Me Now? 61 Rock the Video Interview 65 When You’re on the Phone 68 Which Way to the Future? 72 Chapter 4: Interviewing on the World Stage 75 Changing the Global Interviewing Game 75 Looking at Remaining Cultural Norms 76 Interviewing Across Cultures 77 Tracking Down Country Research 78 Preparing for the Global Job Interview 80 Chapter 5: A Chorus Line of Interviews by Type 81 Mastering Interviews by Objective 81 Mastering Interviews by Interviewer 88 Mastering Interviews by Technique 90 Mastering Interviews at Remote Locations 96 What’s Playing at the Roxy? 100 Part II: Backstage Researching and Rehearsing 101 Chapter 6: Research Is Your Ticket Inside 103 Here’s What Computers Tell Us 104 Asking Questions about Potential Employers 105 Ready, Aim, Fact-Find 108 Preparation Makes You a Headliner 112 Chapter 7: Your Close-Up: Personality Tests 113 Personality Testing Is Serious Business 114 What You Might Not Know about Personality Tests 115 Making the Grade on Job Tests 119 Sample Personality Questions 123 Keep On Keeping On 124 Chapter 8: Showing You the Money 125 Recruiters and Their Talking Points 126 Discovering Market Pay Rates 129 Negotiating in the Moment 131 Stalling Money Talk with Smart Replies 135 Downplaying a Low Salary History 137 Considering More Factors That Affect Job Pay 137 Getting Your Worth’s Money 138 The Magic of Market Value 142 Chapter 9: Costuming Yourself for a Starring Role 145 Three Commandments of Style 146 Following Today’s More-Relaxed Dress Code 148 Running Down Four Basic Categories of Work Wear 149 Heading for Fashion Frontiers 154 Guessing at Tomorrow’s Styles 155 Chapter 10: Overcoming Stage Fright: Rehearse, Rehearse, and Rehearse 157 Beating Stage Fright to Pitch Better, Sell Faster, and Ace More Interviews 157 More Techniques to Stop Stressing Out 159 Practicing with a Video Camera 160 Stage Directions for All Players 161 Anticipating Interview Trapdoors 162 Take One . . . Take Two . . . Take Three . . . 162 Chapter 11: Looking Good with Questions You Ask 165 Asking Selling Questions before the Offer 165 Asking Self-Interest Questions after the Offer 167 Drawing Out Hidden Objections 168 Asking Certain Questions Very Carefully 169 Ending Suspense by Asking the Right Question 170 Chapter 12: Outlining Interview Scenarios You Can Expect 171 The Day Before 171 Opening the Interview 172 During the Interview 174 Sizing Up Audience Reaction 175 Ending the Interview 177 After the Interview 179 Pre-Interview Checklist 180 Chapter 13: Closing the Show 181 Making a Strategic Exit 182 How Aggressive Should You Be? 184 Follow Up or Fall Behind 184 Your After-Interview Checklist 190 Onward and Upward 191 Chapter 14: When You’re Offered the Part 193 Don’t Say Yes Right Away 193 Stick to Your Career Script? 194 To Accept or Not to Accept 195 Pre-Employment Contracts Promise Protection for Everyone 198 Last Chance to Back Out 199 Part III: Actors’ Studio: Casting Your Character 201 Chapter 15: From iPods and Texting to Jobs and Paychecks 203 Peering into the Eye of the Inter-Generational Storm 203 Finding Yourself in Demand Despite Shortcomings 205 Facing Presumptions of Millennials’ Work Ethic 205 Tips for Millennial Rookies 206 Scripts for Millennial Newbies 207 Good Times and Your Future 209 Chapter 16: Tips and Scripts That Sell a Switch 211 Remembering Career Change Basics 211 Eyeing the Best Career-Change Tips 213 Leveraging Crossover Skills for Change 214 Say What? Say This When You’re in Change Mode 216 More Funny Things That Shouldn’t Happen on Your Way to Anywhere 218 Chapter 17: Spotlighting Prime-Timers over 50 219 Showing You Improve with Age 220 Outing the Elephant: Addressing Age Concerns 222 Overcoming the Overqualified Label 223 Top Hints for Prime-Timers 225 Keep Your Career Fit and Stay Out of Corners 227 Part IV: Lights, Camera, Talk! Answering Questions 229 Chapter 18: What Can You Tell Me about Yourself? 231 Answering a Very Broad Question Specifically 231 Write Your Marketing Pitch 234 Sample Personal Commercials 235 The Questions 236 Chapter 19: What Do You Know about This Job and Our Company? 247 Understand Job, Company, Industry — and How They All Fit Together 247 The Questions 248 Chapter 20: What Are Your Skills and Competencies? 253 Recognizing Questions about Your Skills 254 Answering Questions about Your Skills 255 The Questions 256 Chapter 21: How Does Your Experience Help Us? 261 Make Your Experience Relevant 261 The Questions 262 Chapter 22: What Education Do You Have? 269 When You Are Degree-less 269 Boomers: High on Adaptability 271 The Questions 272 Millennials: High on Education, Low on Experience 274 The Questions 274 Chapter 23: What about Your Special Situation? 281 When You’ve Long Been in the Same Job 282 When You’ve Served Prison Time 283 When You’re Shoved out the Door 284 When Sexual Orientation Is up for Discussion 286 When You’ve Worked Everywhere 289 When Gaps Shred Your History 290 When You’re Demoted a Notch 291 When People in Recovery Interview 292 When Women Are Put on the Spot 293 When Disabilities Are up for Disclosure 295 Chapter 24: How Should You Answer an Inappropriate Question? 297 Defining Illegal Questions 299 Why Interviewers Ask Inappropriate Questions 299 Redirect Inappropriate Questions 300 Inappropriate and Illegal Questions 301 Part V: The Part of Tens 305 Chapter 25: Ten Tips to Avoid Wretched Reviews 307 Bring Storytelling into Prime Time 307 Go In Knowing Your Lines 308 Leave the Begging to Others 308 Share the Stage with Dignity 308 Remember How a Star Is Born 308 Avoid Ad Libbing Ad Infinitum 309 Keep in Mind That “ Friends” Is a Television Show 309 Know That Faulty Assumptions Equal Faulty Interviewing 309 Keep Emotions out of the Interview 310 Ask Questions That Show You Care Where You Go 310 Chapter 26: Tens of Lines on the Cutting Room Floor 311 From the Time Machine: News You Can’t Use 311 Chapter 27: Ten Interviewer Personality Types 315 Achieveus Youngius (Young Achiever) 315 Businessius Serious (Serious Businessperson) 316 Bossus Potentialus (Potential Boss) 316 Contemplativius Coldius (Cold Contemplator) 317 Fuzzius Warmus (Warm Fuzzies Person) 317 Interviewus Incompetus (Incompetent Interviewer) 318 Intimidatus Serious (Serious Intimidator) 318 Recruiterus Professionalus (Professional Recruiter) 318 Talkus Alotus (Person Talks a Lot) 319 Technicus Strictus (Strictly Technical Person) 319 Too Muchus of a Good Thing? 320 Index 321

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