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Alex ([identity profile] red-trillium.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] wyld_dandelyon 2009-09-04 09:11 am (UTC)

Turn off the internal critic. I know it's hard but remember that you have good stories that someone will want. If you rip them to shreds trying to figure out if you should submit them you'll never get accepted.

And for the interview? The hardest thing is believe in yourself. I think about everyone else I'm interviewing against and that's my weak point. To sell yourself (and believe me, this is hard for me too!) in the interview you need to concentrate on you. Think about all the great things you've done in your past jobs. And think about how you can apply those skills in your current job.

It helps to go into an interview with examples in mind of how you've "wow'd" a customer, how you've gone out of the way to finish something, how you've handled a difficult situation. Think of a project you've had to work on with a team and how you contributed to the end result. Behavioural interview questions usually not only focus on the answers you give but that you prepared, that you're thoughtful and that you can express yourself. THey often want questions answered in the "STAR" manner: Situation (what was the situation?), Task (what needed to be done/what was going on), Action (what did you do?) and Result (what came about from your actions).

Fingers crossed for you!! I hope the interview goes well!!

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