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I have had quite a few interviews in the past few months and no job offers.
I am a college student looking for a part time job. I have been applying low wage, food and restaurant, customer service, clerical and sales positions. I know my resume is good since I rarely go a week without getting an interview. The interview itself is where I usually drop the ball. My confidence in this area is at an all time low.
Is there anyone that can help me with acing the interview. I know there is a lot of good websites out there but I wanted this boards help in separating the wheat from the chaff. If anything I want three things on my mind going into an interview as trying to remember a gazillion things makes me filled with anxiety. I do tend to get nervous and I am thinking about taking a shot of whiskey before I walk in the door.
For the record, I have an interview on Friday afternoon for a busser at a fast food pizza place and another at the gym at my university. Any tips on how I can walk out with an offer will be appreciated.
Seeing as you are a student im guessing they are passing because of scheduling conflicts. It would be far easier to hire someone who could work any shift any day than to try and work around one employ's availability.
I understand the interview anxiety, but never drink before an interview. They will smell it on you even if you try to mask it with a mint or even worse, mouthwash (mouthwash has alcohol in it).
Get a good night sleep the night before and remember to take deep breaths.
E-mail or call or even see the interviewers in person and let them know that you are trying to find out why you were not offered the job. Ask them if there was anything you did wrong. Be sincere yet candid.
This is not weird or rude by any means, you are gathering vital information about what went wrong so you can correct yourself for future ones. I did that for a couple of job opportunities where both the company and myself were very interested yet after multiple interviews, they went with someone else. In my case, even though they really liked my as a person and impressed with my experience, one or two critical skill set the other guy had much more of. One of the jobs actually had another opening few months later which I interviewed for and got the offer but that time, I passed on it since I already had a job that I was happy with.
Knowing that I didn't F up but lost to the other guy merely due to him/her having more experience in a critical area the employer needed made me feel a lot better and I had a lot more confidence in the following interviews.
Contact your career service department. Most colleges will do 'mock interviews' with you, where they pretend to interview you over and over and give you feedback.
I used to get seriously nervous before interviews; I find it helps to picture someone who exudes confidence and who you know personally. Knowing that figure personally means you know they have shortcomings too and it helps you adjust. I picture old managers who I admired because they were good at their jobs and people complimented them...they're easier to emulate because you usually know if they've dropped the ball before or their computer/phone skills need help, etc.
I have had quite a few interviews in the past few months and no job offers.
I am a college student looking for a part time job. I have been applying low wage, food and restaurant, customer service, clerical and sales positions. I know my resume is good since I rarely go a week without getting an interview. The interview itself is where I usually drop the ball. My confidence in this area is at an all time low.
Is there anyone that can help me with acing the interview. I know there is a lot of good websites out there but I wanted this boards help in separating the wheat from the chaff. If anything I want three things on my mind going into an interview as trying to remember a gazillion things makes me filled with anxiety. I do tend to get nervous and I am thinking about taking a shot of whiskey before I walk in the door.
For the record, I have an interview on Friday afternoon for a busser at a fast food pizza place and another at the gym at my university. Any tips on how I can walk out with an offer will be appreciated.
So how did your interviews go? Don't keep us in suspense!
I understand the interview anxiety, but never drink before an interview. They will smell it on you even if you try to mask it with a mint or even worse, mouthwash (mouthwash has alcohol in it).
Get a good night sleep the night before and remember to take deep breaths.
Bring bottled water with you, that also helps.
Wishing you luck
You always hear this but let me illustrate HOW important that can be:
Not only will you be well rested and therefore more alert, the lack of a good night's sleep can help you lose out.
I went for an interview in the not too distant past. I could not sleep the night before. I tossed, turned, counted sheep, nothing worked. I finally gave up and started reading a book, hoping to eventually nod off. I was up for HOURS trying to sleep.
I got up, went to the interview, did well...except for one thing. My eyes were bloodshot from not sleeping the night before and instead of them thinking I just couldn't sleep because I was excited and anxious, they thought I was hung over. Get. A good night's. Sleep.
I got up, went to the interview, did well...except for one thing. My eyes were bloodshot from not sleeping the night before and instead of them thinking I just couldn't sleep because I was excited and anxious, they thought I was hung over. Get. A good night's. Sleep.
Unless your eyes are red from an infection, a little Visine before the interview would have solved the problem.
Unless your eyes are red from an infection, a little Visine before the interview would have solved the problem.
Yah...I didn't think they would think I was hung over...I actually thought they would realize I was tired. But that's cause I don't do a whole lot of drinking so I guess my mind doesn't work that way.
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