Ask the Right Questions; Get the Right Job

Introduction

In my 35 years of experience in management and education, I have interviewed many prospective employees and counseled many students preparing for job interviews. Almost universally, I have found both groups, candidates and students, unprepared for their interviews. I don’t mean to say that they weren’t dressed well, or weren’t eager and ready to answer the questions to be posed to them. Most were. They were, as young people can be, enthusiastic and effervescing with optimism and expectation. However, most of them considered the interview a one-sided affair where the potential employer and the employer’s representative have all the power—to interrogate, accept, or dismiss them.

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