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Common Interview Mistakes
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Want to know what not to do at the job interview?
- Arrive late for the interview.
- Indicate you are late because the directions you were given were not good.
- Look disheveled and inappropriately dressed.
- Slouch in your seat.
- Don't maintain good eye-contact with the interviewer.
- Do your company research at the interview by asking, "What do you guys do here?"
- Don't make a connection between your skills and the needs of the employer.
- Brag about how great you are, but neglect to cite evidence of your accomplishments.
- Respond in an unfocused, disorganized, and rambling manner.
- Remain low-key and display no enthusiasm for the job.
- Answer most questions with simple "yes" and "no" answers.
- Appear desperate for a job--any job.
- Call the interviewer by his or her first name, or use the wrong name.
- Give memorized responses, forgetting parts in the process.
- Badmouth your current or former employer.
- Ask "How am I doing? Are you going to hire me?"
- Blurt out, "I need to make at least $35,000. I hope this job pays at least that much," near the beginning of the interview.
- When asked "Do you have any questions?", reply "No."
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