Comments on: What is the Best Way to Prepare for an Interview? (Part Three) http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/28/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-three/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= I Help You Become a Higher Performer, Get Promoted, and Better Paid Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/28/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-666 simonstapleton Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:37:13 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1136#comment-666 @Mark - those are great additions to the preparation, and they're the kind of guerrilla tactics (well, maybe not the shoes) that I like. Thanks! @Mark – those are great additions to the preparation, and they’re the kind of guerrilla tactics (well, maybe not the shoes) that I like. Thanks!

]]> By: Mark McClure Coaching http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/28/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Mark McClure Coaching Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:46:14 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1136#comment-661 Three additional tips I've heard from clients and former colleagues who claim they were well received at interviews for tech positions. (DYOR - your mileage may vary.) 1- Shine your shoes! (People do look - particularly anyone with a military/law-enforcement background) 2- Have a quality pen in your pocket. This is "image" but you are indeed selling yourself at an interview. The pen doesn't have to cost mega-bucks, just avoid bargain basement. 3- Print off relevant copies of the hiring company's website, especially any bio descriptions of the people/departments you might end up working for. Even better if you have read and annotated these beforehand with relevant questions or key phrases. When discretely placed in a file folder on the desk in front of you (or held in your lap), they will often be noticed and commented on. A home run if you have the bio of anyone who is actually in the interview room that day! Shows you have done due diligence on not just the company, but also the key players. Three additional tips I’ve heard from clients and former colleagues who claim they were well received at interviews for tech positions. (DYOR – your mileage may vary.)

1- Shine your shoes! (People do look – particularly anyone with a military/law-enforcement background)

2- Have a quality pen in your pocket.
This is “image” but you are indeed selling yourself at an interview. The pen doesn’t have to cost mega-bucks, just avoid bargain basement.

3- Print off relevant copies of the hiring company’s website, especially any bio descriptions of the people/departments you might end up working for.

Even better if you have read and annotated these beforehand with relevant questions or key phrases. When discretely placed in a file folder on the desk in front of you (or held in your lap), they will often be noticed and commented on.

A home run if you have the bio of anyone who is actually in the interview room that day! Shows you have done due diligence on not just the company, but also the key players.

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