Employers select people to interview who they consider to have the basic requirements for the job and view the interview primarily as the means of assessing how the top candidates compare with one another. Therefore, when you interview you need to demonstrate why you should be considered over the other candidates. Sharing information from your resume, which the interview is already familiar with, will not cut it! You will win points if you:
Demonstrate a "Can do" Attitude
Impress upon the interview that you are someone who can be counted on to get the job done. This is the best done by clearly describing how your skills and experiences match with the demands of the position.
Find out what the employer needs and then frame your answers around what they are seeking. If you lack experience in this area, don't let it derail you. Instead, describe an experience where you were successful at explaining another complicated topic. Or, explain that although you don't have these experiences you trust your ability to develop skills in this area.
Speak in Specific Rather than Generalities
One of the worst mistakes a candidate can make is to share generalities rather than specifics. It is not enough to say, " I value learning skills." You have to support such statement with specics.
For example: " I value learning new skills. This year alone. I have taken two seminars on HTML and Authorware and undertook the challenge of creating a web page for a local bicycling group. And, I'm registered to take a course next month on time- management."
Behavioral Interviewing:
The STAR technique is an easy way to describe your successful past, performances, STAR covers the areas you want to address in a good interview answer: Situation, Task, Acrion, and Result. When you use an example to answer a behavioral question, explain the situation or context of your example, the task/s or your behavior.
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