Avoid Common Mistakes During Interview

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AVOID COMMON MISTAKES DURING INTERVIEW

There are some mistakes which are committed by candidates during interview process either knowingly or unknowingly. Some such mistakes which have significant impact on interview outcome like lack of good first impression, repeating certain words too frequently, use of inappropriate body language, and inhibition have been discussed in chapter 3. Some more mistakes committed during interview process are given here. Such mistakes may not appear to be significant prima facie but these tend to reduce the chance of being successful. You can follow the following guidelines to protect yourself from such mistakes.

Do not take your cell phone inside the interview room. If you have to carry it inside the interview room, keep it in off position. Ringing of a cell phone distracts attention which is not liked by anyone.
Do not show nervousness during the interview process. Do some exercise to overcome your nervousness before the interview.
Do not brag about your qualities too much. Let your qualities speak about you themselves. If you brag about your qualities too much, it will raise expectations of the interviewers and they evaluate you against those raised expectations which is not fair.
Do not check time frequently by looking at your wrist watch. This is a sign of low confidence during the interview process.
Do not tell a lie at any stage of the interview. In cross checking, it will be revealed and will go against you.
Do not make any adverse comment on the facilities provided during the interview process. However, if any interviewer asks about these specifically, tell where the improvement is required without counting the shortcomings.
Do not criticize your present employer (relevant for experienced candidates only) even if the organization conducting the interview is in direct competition with your employer. Similarly, there should not be any criticism of your academic institution or persons related to it. In fact, criticism of any type is taken as a negative approach and is not liked. Do not show any type of fidgetiness even if your interview is not proceeding on the line of your expectation. Try to bring the situation back according to your expectation by overcoming those obstacles which has caused this phenomenon.
Do not show any clue, either verbal or non-verbal, that you are very much disparate for this job. Desperation of any kind is not liked. If you do well in the interview, you will be offered the job.

Do not raise the issue of salary too early. At the fag end of the interview, the interviewers themselves will take this issue. If they do not take this issue, you can raise this issue in the last phase of the interview. However, before raising this issue, ensure that this issue requires deliberation.

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