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You've got an important job interview coming up. You might be tired of not getting the nod after countless interviews that seem to have gone well. Perhaps the thought of a job interview makes you go cold. Or you realise that your interview technique needs improving. Maybe you've never had any proper interview training.
So you've started to look into what tips and advice you can find online. After a little research it hasn't taken you long to start getting conflicting advice. Some "tips" seem just too hard to believe. You're reading stuff that makes you go "I can't do that. That just isn't me." You might also have realised that, if what you're reading is freely available, then it's available to your competitors too. You might also be wondering if your future interviewers haven't heard all this free stuff before.
If you ever go in to a bookstore looking for an employment interview guide, you will be confronted by shelves crammed with books dealing with job interviews. A cynic might warn that there are so many different titles simply because none of them work. After all, hundreds of titles are added to the list every year. Can all the previous titles now suddenly be redundant? Well, it's certainly true that a whole industry has sprung up providing thousands of interview tips books.
Also, have you thought about this for a second: can an interview book that has sold millions of copies actually make you stand out in a crowd answering the same question with the same answers?
So who's right and who's wrong?
Do all these tips and techniques work? Are some just downright lies? How can you tell?
Sadly, the truth is, in the face of such a tidal wave of information, you can't tell who is right.
No book or article or tip ever provides you with any kind of figures of its success rate. How many books or articles do you think would be in circulation then? (I suspect some printing presses might close down.)
But what if I told you that there is an interview technique that offers you a 75% chance of being offered the next job you interview for?
How would you like to approach any future interview (a typical career involves changing jobs several times) with a realistic sense of confidence? How would you like never to fear job interviews again? Imagine seeing a job interview as an opportunity to get ahead of the pack and not an insurmountable obstacle. How would you like to accomplish all your goals and dreams because your bad interview technique is now a thing of the past?
This method works irrespective of industry and culture. It is easy to understand, quick to learn, easy to do and highly effective.
OK, so why should you believe me? Quite simply because I have had to provide for myself and others off of the back of my being able to interview successfully several times a year.
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Vaughan Vandenberg. I work as an IT contractor and have to find a new employer 2 to 3 times a year, year after year. Probably not your industry, but please hear me out - you'll be glad you did.
I've been doing this constant job-hopping for 16 years now. I have no degree and have had no training in IT. I am no superstar at what I do. But, what I do excel at ... is job interviews.
Mine is a highly competitive industry, what with others changing jobs as frequently as I have to. My competitors have to interview well to earn their living, so they are quite skilled at job interviews too. However, I get offered 75% of the positions that I interview for. This has been the case in good times and bad, so the current economic downturn doesn't phase me at all.
Initially I had very little idea what interviewing really involved. Out of necessity I had to learn - and quickly - not just the basics, but also the advanced aspects of interviewing successfully. It has cost me time and money in lost opportunities before I hit on what I'd like to share with you today.
There is an innate human characteristic within us all that, once understood, is THE key to job interviews.