5 Tips on How To Prepare For A Job Interview

How to prepare for a Job Interview.

You’ve got the call, the email or message informing you that you’ve secured an interview, well amongst many applicants. This is your time to shine and impress, to show the hiring manager or recruitment company that you are the right choice for the position. So how do you prepare for this important step.

5 Tips on How to Prepare for a Job Interview.

1. Go through the Job Description.

Look back at the job posting, read through the job description for the particular opening. Learn the roles and responsibilities. Get to know who you report to. Check what skills are required for this position. Use this information to know more about the role and align your education, experience and acquired skills with the listed information in the job description.

2. Research the Organization.

Having prior knowledge about the company is a plus. Read about the organization’s history, go through it’s company policy, their mission and values. Get to know about the company culture. If they have a website or digital platforms, go through them. See their latest posts or articles, visit their site. This will give you information about the current state of the company. It will also give you a look at its employees, the hierarchy and departments’ information. Go through google and get to read about their reviews and comments about the company. Also, get to know the company’s competitors.

NB: Always take clear notes of every information you gather while preparing for the interview, it’ll help you revise last minute.

3. Possible Questions and Their Answers.

You need to have an understanding of possible questions that might be asked during the interview and the answers. If you have been to interviews of the similar role you might have a clue of what could be asked. Revise the questions and possible answers. If not, you can always do a google search of questions that might be asked in an interview of that particular position. Read through the questions and answers and frame them to your understanding.

The role will guide you on the questions that would be asked in an interview and their answers.

Again you have to align your past experience, academic knowledge and acquired skills to the answers you give.

4. How to get to the interview.

Planning how to get to the interview venue is also key. This will help with punctuality. Know about the interview location and the route and means you’ll use to get to the venue early. This will help you organize your time. Get there early this will show your interest and organization skills.

5. Presentation and Communication.

Lastly, it is important for you to consider how you’ll present yourself and communicate during the interview. Dress to impress. Look clean and presentable. Research and preparing for the interview will give you confidence and this will be noted through your communication. Whether verbal or no-verbal, how you sit during the interview what are your gestures. Maintain Eye-contact.