50 worst interview mistakes and tricky

renjer

You may have heard the horror stories--job hunters who take phone calls or text during an interview or brush their hair, or worse. You wouldn't do any of those things, would you? Of course not.

So for your edification and enjoyment, here are 50 of the worst and most common job interview mistakes:

1. Arriving late.
2. Arriving too early.
3. Lighting up a cigarette, or smelling like a cigarette.
4. Bad-mouthing your last boss.
5. Lying about your skills/experience/knowledge.
6. Wearing the wrong (for this workplace!) clothes.
7. Forgetting the name of the person you're interviewing with.
8. Wearing a ton of perfume or aftershave.
9. Wearing sunglasses.
10. Wearing a Bluetooth earpiece.
11. Failing to research the employer in advance.
12. Failing to demonstrate enthusiasm.
13. Inquiring about benefits too soon.
14. Talking about salary requirements too soon.
15. Being unable to explain how your strengths and abilities apply to the job in question.
16. Failing to make a strong case for why you are the best person for this job.
17. Forgetting to bring a copy of your resume and/or portfolio.
18. Failing to remember what you wrote on your own resume.
19. Asking too many questions.
20. Asking no questions at all.
21. Being unprepared to answer the standard questions.
22. Failing to listen carefully to what the interviewer is saying.
23. Talking more than half the time.
24. Interrupting your interviewer.
25. Neglecting to match the communication style of your interviewer.
26. Yawning.
27. Slouching.
28. Bringing along a friend, or your mother.
29. Chewing gum, tobacco, your pen, your hair.
30. Laughing, giggling, whistling, humming, lip-smacking.
31. Saying "you know," "like," "I guess," and "um."
32. Name-dropping or bragging or sounding like a know-it-all.
33. Asking to use the bathroom.
34. Being falsely or exaggeratedly modest.
35. Shaking hands too weakly, or too firmly.
36. Failing to make eye contact (or making continuous eye contact).
37. Taking a seat before your interviewer does.
38. Becoming angry or defensive.
39. Complaining that you were kept waiting.
40. Complaining about anything!
41. Speaking rudely to the receptionist.
42. Letting your nervousness show.
43. Overexplaining why you lost your last job.
44. Being too familiar and jokey.
45. Sounding desperate.
46. Checking the time.
47. Oversharing.
48. Sounding rehearsed.
49. Leaving your cell phone on.
50. Failing to ask for the job.


Here are 10 of the trickiest tricky questions you might be asked at a job interview,
with ideas on how to handle them:

1. 揟ell me about yourself.

ironmind

nice...thnx 4 sharing

IRZeeBuk

bnyaknye... Thanks for da info

marumaru

gi toilet pun tak buleh ek?

oreosz_neyz

gud info...
thanx renjer

din_atos

thanx for sharing..

hulahup

tq for sharing...

QAX

aku tak pakai pon tips macam neh.... bile terlalu byk pakai tips... kte tak jadi diri kita.... flaw tuh natural.... blasah jek....

star_56

gud info....sabtu ni sy ada interview kat SIMA standard chartered....apa yg kena prepare ye? ada sesape blh bg idea x?

chenta_dewi

penah teman bf g interview part time...mcm kakak teman adik g 1st inteview je

koken_7

Interview need preparation...and be yourself...

cikkamus

Reply 1# renjer

thanks a lot

d_anne04

good info...thanks yaa tt

lyna22

my interview pernah jeh my mom teman...tada masalah pun..my future boss time tu siap shake hand dgn my mom......in fact ramai my frens yg g interview mak dia teman...bukan psl anak manja ke apa..tp sometimes mak tu sendiri nak ikot...lgpun bukan sampai teman dlm bilik interview takat tmpt receptionist tu jah

matrik02

You tahu kepada kami panggil u datang temuduga?

You nampak hensem hari ini. apa you nak jwb?

izati_abc

nice info...perkara yg aku ade tendency nk buat adalah no 4... aku mmg slalu wat lawak pon masa iview....