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When Can You Start? 2014 ACE the Job Interview and GET HIRED

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The job interview in your job search. It is the make-or-break moment that can change your life forever. Job interviews present the key step in the job search process and help you get hired. Yet few people know how to prepare for this all-important step while job hunting.

As president of Shimmering Resumes and former head of corporate communications for McKinsey & Company, Paul Freiberger knows what it takes to give a knock-their-socks-off interview and win the job.

A Los Angeles Times award-winning author, Freiberger offers a clear, entertaining guide with proven tools and tips through every step in the interview process, from the best ways to research industries to how to answer the essential questions.

You will learn
• Job Interview Questions and Answers
• The Toughest Job Interview Questions
• Not Telling the Interviewer About Your Weaknesses
• Answering Trick and Oddball Questions
• Mastering Phone, Panel, and one-on-one interviews
• Devising the Best Questions
• Gaining Confidence with Job Interview Preparation
• Avoiding Job Interview Mistakes
• Salary Negotiation Tips and Strategies

With the right preparation, you can walk into the interview with a major advantage over the competition in even the toughest job markets. You can convert “We’ll be in touch” into “When can you start?” And this book will show you how.

Editorial Reviews

“This book is powerful and expertly researched. Packed with interview advice you need to get your next job.”

— Larry Kramer, President and Publisher, USA Today

The most exhaustive, best researched book about job interviewing, filled with insights and research.

— Jean-Louis Gassée, General Partner, Allegis Capital

Freiberger delivers a fun and informative read. You will get a job a lot sooner if you read this book. Perfect for new grads at the beginning of their careers and powerful ammunition for the rest of us.

— Guy Kawasaki, author of Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur, and former chief evangelist of Apple

Highly useful to anyone facing an important job interview, especially if they haven’t been practicing for a while. Practical and well-researched, with extensive and realistic examples. This will stand the test of time.

— Marc Singer, Director, McKinsey & Company

There are gems of wisdom packed into the sections on how to answer behavioral interview questions, how to succeed in a panel interview, and how to anticipate sensitive and challenging questions. The principles and practices discussed in this book will help the job seeker turn the interview from an interrogation into a conversation.

— Marcia G. Rhodes, WorldatWork Director

262 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 16, 2013

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Paul Freiberger

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Paul Freiberger, author of "When Can You Start?" is an award-winning writer. His work has been widely praised for its effectiveness and compassion. As President of Shimmering Careers, Paul helps individuals improve their careers with job interview preparation, resumes and job search.

Paul won The Los Angeles Times Book Award as co-author of "Fuzzy Logic" (Simon & Schuster, 1994) and he co-authored the best-selling "Fire in the Valley: The Birth of the Personal Computer" (McGraw-Hill, 1984, rev. 2000), translated into many languages and later made into the Hollywood movie Pirates of Silicon Valley with Noah Wyle. Paul has produced reports for National Public Radio programs, including All Things Considered and Morning Edition. He is a former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News and a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner. He directed communications for McKinsey & Company, the world's most respected global management consulting firm.

Paul has gone through several job transformations himself. He has worked as a teacher, a night porter, a newspaper reporter, a technology project manager, a chef, a communications executive, and an entrepreneur. He knows the job search process and how to make it work. He earned a B.A. in history at the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Masters in Italian from Middlebury College.

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