Tackling Interview Questions In a Week A Teach Yourself Guide

by Alison Straw, Mo Shapiro

The ability to give a successful answers to tough interview questions is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career.

Written by Mo Shapiro and Alison Straw, leading experts on interviews as both coaches and practitioners, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to shine at an interview.

The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides seven straightforward chapters explaining the key points, and at the end there are optional questions to ensure you have taken it all in. There are also cartoons and diagrams throughout, to help make this book a more enjoyable and effective learning experience.

So what are you waiting for? Let this book put you on the fast track to success!

Genres: Self Help

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

Reviews

[Bronwyn Lok · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full review at http://bronzelock619.blogspot.com/2015/11/tackling-interview-questions-in-week.html.

Interviews had always been the bane of my existence. When I am nervous, I either get verbal diarrhoea or my brain switches off. So I picked up this book when I saw it, hoping that it will make me better at handling them. This book spread all you need to know about handling interviews over a week, and promises that you will know in a week what experts spent years finding out.
Day one helps you prepare for stages before the actual interview. Day two teaches you how to make a good impression and handle the early questions. On day three, questions commonly found during interviews were given, together with examples of answers. We learn how to describe our career path up until now, and to convince the interviewer that we are capable of doing the job. Next, we learn how to showcase our personality, and help the interviewer understand how our personality would fit with the job.
In interviews, we would always be asked questions like why we want this job, and what kind of organization do we want to work with. This book teaches us how to answer this question. By describing our expectations and preferences for this potential job, we show if we would be able to fit into the company environment. Then, we need to show the interviewer that we would be a good fit into the culture and environment of the company, that we would be a good investment. We learn to answer some of the most difficult questions like "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?", and "What salary do you require?" Examples of questions you can ask about the organization by the end of the interview were also provided. Well-thought-through questions will help you leave a positive impression.
Finally, we learn how to mentally prepare ourselves for the interview. Practice makes perfect, and knowing that you are prepared will ease your anxiety. Think positively and find ways to relax the day before.
Reading this book eased some of my anxiety for interviews, as it showed me things that I could better prepare for beforehand. However, I personally feel that more examples and answers of typical interview questions would make this book a lot more helpful. Now, if only I could find something similar for public speaking...