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The Job Interview Training Blog of Pamela Skillings

How to Handle Weird Interview Questions

October 14, 2011

If you get called in for a job interview at soap company Method, you’ll likely be asked about how you would keep the company “weird” if hired.  It’s not exactly on anyone’s list of common job interview questions. According to a Q&A with Method co-founder Eric Ryan in this month’s Inc., it’s a question they [...]

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7 Tips for Turning Your Internship into a Job

October 7, 2011

Your New Internship: An Extended and Intensive Job Interview One of the first things your supervisor tells you when you start an internship: you are NOT guaranteed a job offer when the internship ends. Still, in many cases, an internship can be thought of as a months-long, intensive interview process that the company uses to [...]

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Do You Suck at Interviewing? 4 Ways to Get Honest Feedback

September 30, 2011

So, you prepared for the interview, you researched the company, and you dressed for success. You thought that the interview went well—until you found out that it was a close call, but the job went to another candidate. Sure, you’re disappointed. On top of that, you can’t help but feel a new wave of anxiety [...]

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Most Common Job Interview Questions: Tell Me About Yourself

September 23, 2011

There are some job interview questions that are guaranteed to come up in most (if not all) of your job interviews — regardless of your industry, your experience level, and job type. At the top of this list is the universal and much-dreaded classic: “Tell me about yourself.” This question (or a variation like “Walk [...]

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How to Overcome Job Interview Nerves

September 16, 2011

You’ve got a big job interview coming up. This could be it! Your one shot at the perfect job. Feeling nervous yet? It’s natural to be nervous about a job interview. Someone is about to scrutinize your appearance, mannerisms, what you say, and how you say it. If he likes you, it could mean a [...]

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Top 7 Tips for Writing a Kick-Ass Cover Letter

September 9, 2011

Once you have researched employment opportunities, made a list of positions you would like to apply for, and perfected your resume, the next step is fine-tuning your cover letter before sending it to prospective employers. Cover letters provide the opportunity to elaborate on job skills and past employment experiences listed on your resume, show off [...]

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When You Have Gaps In Your Resume

August 30, 2011

Having a gap in your resume — a period of time when you weren’t working, or weren’t working at anything that you want to include in your resume — is common these days. The current 9.1% unemployment rate means there are 13.9 million people unemployed in this country. These people will hopefully soon be employed again, [...]

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Informational Interview Tips – A guide to the Interview Before the Interview

August 23, 2011

An informational or exploratory interview is often the first step toward landing your dream job. You just found out that Uncle Stu got you an interview with the #1 company on your employer wish list. Then, you read a little further into the email. Exploratory interview? What is there to explore? I want an interview [...]

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How to explain if you’ve been fired (at an interview)

August 10, 2011

Getting fired can happen to anyone. People are fired due to performance issues and failure to meet their manager’s expectations (reasonable or unreasonable). However, in many cases, being terminated has nothing to do with you and your work. In today’s business world, layoffs and “job reductions” are standard operating procedure. You can lose your job [...]

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Top 12 Best Questions to Ask at the End of the Job Interview

August 9, 2011

An interview is a two-way street. Your potential employer is asking you questions to learn about you and your skills. In return, you need to prepare questions to ask your potential employer about the position, your boss, and the company in order to be sure that this is the right job for you. In addition, [...]

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ABOUT INTERVIEW COACH PAMELA SKILLINGS

Pamela Skillings is co-founder of Skillful Communications. As an interview coach, she has helped her clients land dream jobs at companies including Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase.

She also has more than 15 years of experience training and advising managers at organizations from American Express to the City of New York.

She is an adjunct professor at New York University and an instructor at the American Management Association. Continue reading



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