How do you answer the interview question, “What are your salary expectations?” This post is the fifth in a series of excerpts from my upcoming eBook, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Job Interview, available from Amazon. “What are your salary expectations?” Answering this question too specifically can lose you [continue reading…]

Many job seekers miss the boat in job interviews, because they forget that the purpose of answering every question is to market themselves for the job. You never forget that, right? You’d be amazed how many questions you may answering is a less-than-strategic way. Most job seekers, at least occasionally, answer interview questions as if [continue reading…]

Interview authentically and strategically. These are the “yin and yang” of good interviewing. Actually, these aren’t truly opposites. The real opposite of strategy is randomness, or carelessness, which sometimes comes wrapped in the flag of “just being real.” Many job candidates fail to be strategic. They interview in an honest and straightforward way, but without [continue reading…]

Interviewers know better than to directly ask “Are you easy to manage?” or “Do you get along well with others?” Instead, they’ll say something like this: “How would you describe your ideal supervisor?” Then they’ll read between the lines. So beat them to it: read between the lines of what they say, and make sure [continue reading…]