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Jun Loayza, 2010 -14 pages.The following are the 10 biggest mistakes that students and young professionals make throughout their recruitment process. Honestly critique yourself; don’t just say, Well that’s obvious. There’s no way that I do that. Reach out to a friend and ask her to mock interview you and give you her honest feedback. You’ll be surprised at the number of insecure or nervous things that you do while you interview that you won’t even notice until someone points them out to you. Avoid these mistakes and you’ll have a huge advantage over your competition. Strip your interviewing abilities from these mistakes and you’ll be able to construct the perfect interview.
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The Top 10… Interviewing Mistakes Jun Loayza Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Future Delivery Why List the Top 10 Interviewing Mistakes? We can teach you everything about how to interview well. Most likely you will take our advice to heart, but you will build upon the mistakes you currently make without removing them first. The best way to optimize your interviewing abilities is to strip away everything that you’re doing wrong first. Get rid of all the excess wording that you put in your stories and the unnecessary “Likes” and “Umms” in your speech. Completely rebuild your interviewing from scratch, using our strategies and tips as building blocks to create the best possible interview you can give. The following are the 10 biggest mistakes that students and young professionals make throughout their recruitment process. Honestly critique yourself; don’t just say, “Well that’s obvious. There’s no way that I do that.” Reach out to a friend and ask her to mock interview you and give you her honest feedback. You’ll be surprised at the number of insecure or nervous things that you do while you interview that you won’t even notice until someone points them out to you. Avoid these mistakes and you’ll have a huge advantage over your competition. Strip your interviewing abilities from these mistakes and you’ll be able to construct the perfect interview. Enjoy! #10 Lack of company research You will not believe the amount of students that walk into the interview room without truly knowing what the company does. “The company is a consulting firm” is what students will tell me, but what kind of consulting firm are they? Are they strategy, litigation, human capital, health care? The list can go on and on. Students also forget to answer one of the most important questions of all: “Why this firm?” Every company will ask you this question because they want to know if you have a passion for the company and if you’ll accept an offer if they extend one to you. Do your research before the interview room The company will ask you “Why this firm” and you need to know exactly what it is that makes them stand out to you. If you can answer the following questions in a clear and concise manner, then you have done your company research well: 1. What industry is the company in? 2. What does the company do? 3. What separates the company from its competitors? 4. What is the culture like? 5. What are the differences between each area of the company? Make sure that you are able to clearly and concisely articulate your answers. You need to give a simple, succinct answer. When is my company research complete? The best way to gauge if you truly know what the company does is to be able to explain it clearly to a friend who has never heard about the company. If you can explain what the company does in less than 1 minute and your friend completely understands you without a doubt, then you are ready. Most importantly, you need to know what separates the company from its competitors. What does the company pride itself on? If the company is a mid-tier firm, then it prides itself