Other than some of the obvious ones, what are your best job interview tips?

Never let them see you sweat.

Always remain positive. Know something about the company and the position. Try to tie in each answer with your qualifications for the position.

Do some research on the company/position to have some good questions ready to ask the interviewer.

Build rapport – try to find out the culture and fit with it. People tend to hire personalities similar to themselves.

Don’t be so good you appear to be a threat to your potential boss.

Try to get an example that has you doing the job. The interviewer then gets a mental image of you actually in the role.

Without going to bizarre: be unforgettable – particularly if you are a first candidate in a number of interviews.

Good luck (not a tip – just me wishing you good luck :-)

Did you send a “Thank you for seeing me” note to the interviewer that same day?

Did you research the company before you went in?

Did you have questions for the interviewer about the company and its culture? Those sorts of things make you seem interested in that particular place, and not just in getting a job, which, in turn, makes you stand out.

Be friendly, but not obsequious.

Develop a mode of thinking where you’re not the supplicant, but a person with something to offer, and you’re checking them out as well as them checking you out.

Men should interview in front of women wearing a red tie.

Mention how much you like the town the interviewer works in. You’re excited to work there. Then watch them smile.

Send them an Email thanking them for their consideration.

Remember to smile, look the interviewer in the eyes, and to re-iterate how much you would like to be an integral part of their company. If you can comfortably fit it into the interview, mention how you’d like to retire from said company.

Use common sense…don’t act like an idiot. Plain and simple. Everything else you should know already. Everyone goes in wanting tips and tricks…they figure them all only to go blow it in an Interview. DONT BE STUPID. Easy enough right?

I just read through all of the ^^^^above and see no one notice “practice”.

My husband has been out of work (due to the recession) 3 times over the past 4yrs.

What we’ve learned through the process is that practice along with (as stated above) researching the companies, and applying to companies that you really want to work at.

Go search online for interview questions for your field of expertise and practice the answers before your next interview. Your thought process then won’t be “what will I be asked” but instead, you’ll be looking for those seconds (brief as they are) where you can interject how you’d benefit them, how you’re expertise will help them make/save money and time, and how much you admire the sucess of the company.

My husband now works in an ideal company.

I tell myself that the person interviewing me is just the same as me. I approach it as a conversation. I have zero nerves because it’s like chatting with a friend. I’m always confident and not afraid to sell myself. I have gotten every job I have ever interviewed for.

@jamielynn2328 LURVE! Great advice. My mother gives the same advice, and would remind us that we started without the job and at worst would go out of the interview the same way we went in, but with the experience of the interview under our belts

I don’t really have anything new to add, but NYTimes did an article on this very recently:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/jobs/13search.html?ref=jobs

good luck!

I posted this on Fluther before, but:

most line supervisors hate to be interviewing people. They are interviewing because they have an opening to fill, not because they are screening candidates for future use. Every hour that they spend on an interview is time that has to be made up in order to do their own job.

Therefore, you don’t want the interviewer to perceive that his or her time is being wasted. The interviewer is counting on the fact that YOU are the answer to his problem, so that he or she can get the position filled, relieve whoever else has been covering while the spot is open and get back to his or her own job. The interviewer has his or her fingers crossed, hoping that you are the one.

Make a good first impression, smile, firm but not overwhelming handshake, be pleasant, look around the office for a second so you can get comfortable with the environment and being in the presence of the interviewer.
Some people will tell you to answer a question quickly and not hesitate. I think that this is wrong. You may delay some answers by a few seconds, you don’t make snap judgments in the workplace all of the time, why do it in the interview?

But the most important thing is to BE YOURSELF. Putting on any kind of false attitude or pretense can sink you because most people can discern that you are faking something.

Be honest answering every question, exaggeration is expected, outright lies and not acceptable and you will show some indication that you are lying or ducking a question.

You can’t do everything right, but you must try to do nothing wrong. Don’t give the interviewer a reason to turn off to you, once he or she tunes you out, the rest of the interview is perfunctory.
Lastly, watch body language to figure out when the interview is over and don’t try to prolong the session. If he or she is done, so are you, and he or she has already made a decision.

Just a few random thoughts….......

My best is always simply this: Show your enthusiasm.

Here’s some more. And more. Both from fluther.

be genuine – laugh at yourself – read the interviewer and do it well, compliment