♥ Arrive early
♥ Arrive prepared
♥ Have a breath mint!
♥ Use a Firm handshake
♥ Have confident and calm body language
♥ Maintain eye contact
♥ Show interest and enthusiasm
♥ Speak clearly
♥ Focus on what you can do to help the company
♥ Stay on point when responding to questions
♥ Give examples (of accomplishments, strengths, etc.)
♥ Ask questions
♥ Stay professional at all times
♥ Take a deep breath, and relax
♥ Bring extra resumes, portfolios, etc.
♥ Keep your sense of humor if anything goes awry
♥ Be truthful! Everyone checks references and background now.
♥ Use a firm handshake as you leave
♥ Nail down next steps / any action items
♥ Follow up with thank you in writing
DON'T! ~ list
♥ Be late
♥ Be unprepared (unresearched, unpracticed)
♥ Forget extra resumes
♥ Forget basics like handshake, introduction
♥ Wear sloppy clothes, flashy clothes, big or noisy (distracting) jewelry
♥ Forget logistics: directions, interviewer names, etc.
♥ Look down, around, or away
♥ Slouch, clench chair arms, bite your lip
♥ Speak timidly or mumble
♥ Bring up politics or religion
♥ Say bad things about former employers
♥ Be afraid to pause to think
♥ Be afraid to say “I don’t know"
♥ Be rushed into committing to things that should be negotiable (like salary) – “I’d like to take a few days to think about that and get back to you”
♥ Avoid issues on your background that need to be addressed (fired, time out of workforce)
♥ Lie
♥ Be overly relaxed or informal
♥ Do phone interviews in your PJs
♥ Forget to get all details if interviewing out-of-town
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