Landing the Job You Want: How to Have the Best Job Interview of Your Life

by William C. Byham

You've looked at dozens of books that promise to help you get a job. This book is different. This book is written by an executive whose business is teaching managers how to interview job candidates. He knows what they're looking for--and how you can successfully prepare for landing that job you really want.
        
Through interactive and easy-to-follow exercises, Landing the Job You Want equips you to make your next job interview one of the most positive experiences of your life. Whether you're a recent college grad searching for a first job, a corporate veteran looking for that big promotion, an at-home mom starting a new career, or an experienced worker looking to move in a totally new direction, you will walk into interviews prepared and confident because you know how
identify the skills most important for a job
decide whether a job is right for you
present your skills with maximum impact
respond to difficult questions
perform well in simulations and tests
handle an ill-prepared interviewer
close an interview on a positive note
critique your own interview performance

Each exercise in Landing the Job You Want is designed to help you look within yourself to identify your strengths and your weaknesses. You'll learn how to quickly develop a portfolio of skills that match your ideal job, and you'll understand exactly what your interviewer is looking for in a candidate. You'll be ready to dazzle your interviewer with both your qualifications and your preparation. The result? The interview of a lifetime--one that leads to the job you've always wanted.

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Bill Byham is Founder and Executive Chairman of Development Dimensions International (DDI), an internationally renowned human resource training and consulting company. An Industrial/Organization Psychologist, Bill has developed many significant human resource technologies over the course of his career. These innovations include the assessment center method, behavior-based interviewing, the use of behavior-modeling in supervisor and management training, behavioral job analysis methodology as the basis for selection and training programs, and Acceleration Pools® to select and rapidly develop people for high-level leadership positions. These technologies have been described in 23 books and more than 300 monographs and articles. In addition, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs through the world.

Reviews

[Laurie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book about preparing for job interviews. It gave you exercises to do to write out things you want to bring up about yourself, your skills, your accomplishments, things you’ll bring to help the company, etc. It also gave ideas about how to make sure the job is a good fit for you as well as you being a good fit for the job. It would be a book I’d look back at again if I were to be going on an interview for a new job.

[Jim]

I'll be borrowing this book again to prepare for my next interview. This book does a great job preparing you for behavioral based interviews. There are lots of exercises where you demonstrate your ability to perform at your new job based on examples from your past performance using the STAR (Situation/Task, Actions & Results) format. There are also sections & exercises to help you determine if you are a good fit for the job.

[Roger · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book discusses the STAR method of answering behavioral interview questions. The most innovative aspect is the usage of 4 different actors, each one having different issues. They include a man with job experience but no degree, a mom going back into the workforce, and an engineer with little sales experience. Thus, there's something for everyone.

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Workbook sort of layout.