Practice makes perfect, and that includes job interviews. How many times have you been asked that tought question and didn’t have a good answer?

What makes an employer choose you over another candidate, especially when you both have the same skills? A lot of candidates find it stressful to compete for a role without quite knowing what their competition is like.

If you’ve mad it to the interview stage – first of all well done! You now have an excellent opportunity to impress the hiring manager and convince him or her that you are the perfect candidate for the job.

They are looking over your CV and they ask you questions that try to boil down what and who you are. So it feels like you have to impress them with every sentence you speak.

Nail the Interview CareerAlley has partnered with TopIntervew to provide a professional interview coaching service.  At TopInterview, each session is tailored to you and your unique […]

If you’ve never had a telephone interview, it can feel even more intimidating. With the right preparation (which will build your confidence) your telephone interview can be very successful. The following tips will help you be prepared for your interview.

Phone interviews have become very popular as the first interview in the hiring process.  Companies are overwhelmed with hundreds of submissions of applicants for each […]

When you are applying for a job with the United States Postal Service (USPS), you should prepare for being called in for an interview. Each company that recruits more or less constantly, like USPS, usually has a range of questions they pose to their applicants. Based on how you answer these inquiries during your interview, the job will be yours or not.

One of life’s biggest nerve-wracking experiences is the job interview. It doesn’t matter whether you have a panel in front of you or the interview is a casual affair in a coffee shop, it can set even the most steadfast person on edge. What’s even more nerve-wracking is interviewing for a computing role.

Your appearance is the first thing your prospective employer will notice about you, so you want to strike just the right note.

The first thing to be aware of is that often it’s not your lack of ability that leads you to defeat – it’s your nerves and mindset in how you approach the interview, so let’s look at some friendly advice on shifting your paradigm to tackle your tense state.

You have 30 seconds to strike up a conversation and convince Mr. Big why he should consider interviewing and hiring you. What do you say? Are you prepared? You would be if you had your elevator speech.

you need to figure out how to best get through the interview so that you leave a lasting impression and increase your chances for getting called back for a second round and, ultimately, getting an offer.

There is nothing more exhausting and challenging than the process of trying to find a job.  It is time consuming and sometimes overwhelming.  Lots of […]

Job interview success is not just about your ability to answer questions correctly and show up with an impressive resume. You can also improve your […]

Many candidates make it easy to eliminate them from the process. If you’ve been lucky enough to make it to an interview, make sure you are prepared and don’t make common fatal mistakes.

“The future ain’t what it used to be” – Yogi Berra Presenting yourself well in a phone interview is deceptively difficult. If you thrive on using […]

It is said that successful interviews are eighty percent preparation and twenty percent execution. If you prepare well before the interview and execute well, you […]

“And I’m already gone And I’m feelin’ strong” – Jack Tempchin and Robert Arnold Strandlund I was looking at my weekly LinkedIn updates (which I […]

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” – George Bernard Shaw Guest Post by Amanda Valenti So you found a job you […]