{"id":796,"date":"2007-04-03T07:10:05","date_gmt":"2007-04-03T12:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/04\/interview-tips\/"},"modified":"2007-04-03T07:10:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-03T12:10:06","slug":"interview-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/04\/interview-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We attempt to keep track of the interview tips that are offered all over the web to candidates to assist them in their job search.&nbsp; Some tips seem clever, others seem robotic.&nbsp; This StarTribune.com article &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/198\/story\/1075896.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Things Not To Do In An Interview<\/a> &#8211; provides a general, helpful list of interview faux pas.<\/p>\n<p>For instance:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>3. Don&#8217;t speak badly about previous employers or co-workers. Make sure you&#8217;ve practiced an honest answer but one that doesn&#8217;t show that you&#8217;re angry with the previous employer or circumstance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Very true and yet I have encountered many candidates who cannot resist the urge to denigrate previous <em>managers<\/em>.&nbsp; I worked for my share of bad managers, but I have not brought them up in an interview since I knew it was a big red flag for an employer.&nbsp; Again, I still encounter candidates who seem to take enjoyment from discussing the lameness of their previous boss.<\/p>\n<p>Good tip here for sales candidates:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>9. Don&#8217;t tell the interviewer you have no questions. This shows a lack of interest, curiosity and depth. Have 5- 10 questions prepared, and it&#8217;s OK to pull out the list if you need to.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Salespeople should be asking questions to qualify the opportunity.&nbsp; This is simply good sales behavior.&nbsp; We not only want to hear their questions, we pay attention to what questions they ask.&nbsp; Questions regarding vacation, work hours, etc. are less desirable than questions about sales cycle, targeted markets and average-sized deals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We attempt to keep track of the interview tips that are offered all over the web to candidates to assist them in their job search.&nbsp; Some tips seem clever, others seem robotic.&nbsp; This StarTribune.com article &#8211; Ten Things Not To Do In An Interview &#8211; provides a general, helpful list of interview faux pas. For instance: 3. Don&#8217;t speak badly about previous employers or co-workers. Make sure you&#8217;ve practiced an honest answer but one that doesn&#8217;t show that you&#8217;re angry with the previous employer or circumstance. Very true and yet I have encountered many candidates who cannot resist the urge to denigrate previous managers.&nbsp; I worked for my share of&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/04\/interview-tips\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring-salespeople","category-interview","category-sales"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-cQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1822,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/12\/proper-interview-follow-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":796,"position":0},"title":"Proper Interview Follow-Up","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"December 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"As an employer what type of follow up should you expect from a candidate?\u00a0 Should you receive a thank you?\u00a0 Should that thank you be a hand written mailed thank you, an email thank you or a quick text on your cell phone? 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