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The Interviewee should ooze confidence.
Job searching comes with a lot of anxiety. Once you get a call or an email saying you have been short-listed for the next level of a hiring process, it is time to step-up and put on your A-game. Since your CV/resume has given you an opportunity to meet your potential employer, the next natural thing you must do is prepare and, prepare well. Below are 10 tips you can use to impress your future employer.
Motivation for the job
The first thing a hiring panel will be looking for is to see if have fire in your belly. You may wonder what “fire” means. This is the energy and commitment a candidate shows during an interview. Your “fire” will show if you really want the job or you are just going through the interview motions. Show excitement, enthusiasm and zeal for the job. Prove that you can go the extra mile to perform the job.
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Marc Cenedella founded Ladders, an advice and job-search site for roles with at least $100,000 salaries.
Despite a tumultuous 2020, he says the employment picture may be fully recovered later this year.
In this market, Cenedella recommends asking about WFH culture and COVID-19 s effect on the company.
Twice a year, I update my best interview questions for
you to ask during your job interview. It s helpful to have a handy list of queries available whenever an interviewer asks: Do you have any more questions for me?
Maximize your chances of getting hired with effective preparation for online interviews
Do you have an upcoming virtual job interview? How can you be best prepared? Body language is a critical component of online interviews, says Masha Rademakers, settlement and integration services lead at the North Shore Multicultural Society in North Vancouver, B.C.
Maintaining eye contact with the interviewer in an online interview is one aspect that can be particularly challenging. Rademakers has a trick she shares with jobseekers: look at the camera rather than at the interviewer’s picture on the screen. “I do it all the time myself,” she admits. “But it can look as if you’re distracted when you’re constantly looking at another place on your screen.” She recommends practising this beforehand on the virtual platform you’re using for your interview.
The firm bios of the interviewers, as well as their LinkedIn profiles (if available).
The practice group’s website, as well as the latest press releases and news articles about the group.
Social media: follow the firm on LinkedIn and on Twitter.
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Legal 500 (https://www.legal500.com/): Learn about a practice and notable practitioners, and see how the firm’s group ranks compared to those of peer firms.
Chambers and Partners (https://chambers.com/): Similar to Legal 500, see how the group ranks in the local market and who are the top practitioners.
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