- There are several mistakes job candidates make
in job interviews that are entirely avoidable.
This is a topic that I've talked about before
but the list is really long
and there's a lot to talk about on this topic.
I'm Dalena Bradley, job interview
and career marketing coach,
and let's get started revealing
some of the biggest mistakes job seekers make.
The first is dressing too casually.
On job interview day you do really need
to take things up a notch!
Learn what they're wearing at this particular company
and dress for what's appropriate for the job level
and the position that you're interviewing for.
So do your research and take it up a notch,
show the effort, show you care, and present your best self.
The second biggest mistake I want to talk about today
is talking negatively about your former
or your current employer, throwing them under the bus,
discussing your frustration or your melancholy
about your current role.
That is a big red flag to a potential employer
because they, a, think that you might bring
that negativity into their work environment,
but then, eventually, you're gonna be throwing them
under the bus as well, so hold back.
You can be completely miserable in your current job
but hold that back, save it for friends and relatives
and don't bring it up in the job interview.
The third big mistake that I want to talk about is
discussing and focusing on the perks of the job
versus what it is about the position
and the way that you can best contribute to it.
So for instance, if people say why are you interested
in the company, talk about what you can do
to progress their company goals,
the problem that you can solve,
and then what excites you about the role,
and the company, the industry, that sort of thing.
If you say well, you're five minutes away from my house,
or I hear you pay really well,
or you have awesome vacation time off,
those things can be perceived as self-serving
in the interview stage, so you really want to stay focused
on the job itself, talk about the perks later.
Finally, I want to address another mistake
as not expressing interest in the job out loud.
People think, hey, I'm sitting here in the job interview,
I applied for the job, I got the interview,
I'm in the interview, of course I'm interested in the job.
But you need to show that and express that
verbally to the employer in your conversation.
They want to know that you are excited
and so by reinforcing that out loud,
I'm really interested in this position
because of x, y and z, and I would like to be your next
fill in the blank title, that is very reassuring to them,
that you are somebody they want to invest
some more time in talking to.
So I hope that by being aware of these additional mistakes
that people make, that you can avoid them
in your next job interview.
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in learning more about how we can work together,
please visit my website https://dalenabradley.com
In the meantime, I wish you the very best
in your next job interview and in your career.