Job interviews are all different but the formula for each one is pretty similar. You want to impress the interviewer, show your skills and demonstrate your knowledge and interest in their business. But there are a few myths floating around about job interviews and you shouldn’t always believe them…

We’ve previously covered typical job interview questions but one theme that will come up time and time again in job interviews is YOU.

If you have sent out your resume template to an employer and been selected for a job interview – well done! But this could automatically leave you feeling nervous about your interview preparation. One effective way of preparing for an interview is practice!

You’ve attended a job interview, answered all of the questions brilliantly and left feeling confident. If you then receive a call informing you that you haven’t got the job, it can be easy to feel confused and disheartened. What went wrong?

In order to successfully prepare for a job interview you need to think about what questions an interviewer might ask.

If you have made it to a job interview there are so many things to think about. What to wear during your interview, how many copies of your resume you should take…the list is endless. Another subject you need to think about is facial expressions and having the right attitude.

If you have gone through a telephone interview and successfully completed a one to one interview you should be feeling good! But what some employers introduce (sometimes unexpectedly) at the final stage of interviewing is a workshop day – where multiple candidates are invited to take part in a day of interviews.

We have all heard the expression ‘it’s not over until it’s over’ and this certainly applies to job interviews. Many candidates make the mistake of ‘relaxing’ too soon after their interview and this can leave an interviewer with the wrong impression.

Telephone interviews can be a strange process. You are speaking to someone you have never met before and you need to make a good first impression which is sometimes really difficult over the phone (this is true for email interviews too). That’s why a lot of candidates feel they fail at the telephone interview stage and fear they will not be invited to the face to face interview.

Everyone knows that when preparing for a job interview you must be prepared to answer some difficult questions. But what a lot of interviewees forget is that you need to ask the interviewer some questions too.