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Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition


By Joyce Lain Kennedy

ISBN: 978-0-470-17748-8
Format: Paper
Pages: 336 Pages
Pub. Date: January 2008

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Introduction.

Part I: And the Interview Winner Is . . . You!

Chapter 1: Job Interviews Are Reality Shows. Really!

Chapter 2: Tailoring Your Qualifications for Targeted Job Interviews.

Chapter 3: Going Wireless for Your Interview.

Chapter 4: Interviewing on the World Stage.

Chapter 5: A Chorus Line of Interviews by Type.

Part II: Backstage Researching and Rehearsing.

Chapter 6: Research is Your Ticket Inside.

Chapter 7: Your Close-Up: Personality Tests.

Chapter 8: Showing You the Money.

Chapter 9: Costuming Yourself for a Starring Role.

Chapter 10: Overcoming Stage Fright: Rehearse, Rehearse, and Rehearse.

Chapter 11: Looking Good With Questions You Ask.

Chapter 12: Outlining Interview Scenarios You Can Expect.

Chapter 13: Closing the Show.

Chapter 14: When You’re Offered the Part.

Part III: Actors’ Studio: Casting Your Character.

Chapter 15: From iPods and Texting to Jobs and Paychecks.

Chapter 16: Tips and Scripts That Sell a Switch.

Chapter 17: Spotlighting Prime-Timers over 50.

Part IV: Lights, Camera, Talk! Answering Questions.

Chapter 18: What Can You Tell Me about Yourself?

Chapter 19: What Do You Know about This Job and Our Company?

Chapter 20: What Are Your Skills and Competencies?

Chapter 21: How Does Your Experience Help Us?

Chapter 22: What Education Do You Have?

Chapter 23: What about Your Special Situation?

Chapter 24: How Should You Answer an Inappropriate Question?

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 25: Ten Tips to Avoid Wretched Reviews.

Chapter 26: Tens of Lines on the Cutting Room Floor.

Chapter 27: Ten Interviewer Personality Types.

Index.

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