101 Ways to Find Work...And Keep Finding Work for the Rest of Your Career!

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Prepare for the Right Questions

Practice interviewing over and over again to become comfortable fielding answers to questions you can expect to hear in a formal interview. Following are some of these questions, and guidelines on how to answer them.

• Tell me about yourself. What adjectives would you or your friends use to describe you? Before you answer this question, get clarification. Ask, “What specifically in my résumé stood out that you would like me to talk about?” This will help you direct the interview. When the employer responds to this question, you will be able to focus your answer on what the interviewer is looking for.
• What are your greatest strengths? Given that an interview is essentially a business meeting, you can reasonably ...