May 20, 2012

Testimonials

  Testimonial “Katherine, thank you for the excellent work you did through The Interview Doctor with our science education interns this year (2010/2011). Your two visits to our campus to work with the fifteen graduating seniors has made an incredible impact on the impression our students have made on the professional community and boosted the [...]

Helping New College Graduates Get Teaching Jobs

Are a college student beginning your job search, or would you like to land an internship related to your major? We at The Interview Doctor can help you. Here’s some feedback from a college professor who utilized Katherine Burik, one of our Interview Doctors, to help her students. Let us know if we can help [...]

THE Key Interview Question

‘Tell Me About Yourself?’   If you like this article, check out these other blogs: What NOT to bring to an interview Six ways interviewers are terrible A tought interviewing questions Tell me about yourself The Interview Doctor can help. Call us at 800-914-7349 or Dan@InterviewDoc.com or Katherine@InterviewDoc.com        

‘From Nobody to Somebody in the Job Market’

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When you are competing with the world for that first (or next) really interesting professional position, you need to think creatively. New Grad Life blogs a post that caught my eye: ‘Eight Job Tips that Work.’ At least four of the eight are helpful reminders, kind of No-Brainers: (a) Business Cards, (b) Clean Up Your [...]

‘Tell me about yourself?’

I coached someone in transition recently who felt real anxiety about these four words: ‘tell me about yourself.’ She was a very smart person, analytical, team-oriented, ‘let’s get it right the first time’ kind of a systems thinker. For a lot of employers I know, she would be a great hire. Yet this seemingly small [...]

695 Opinions about the BIG $$$ Question . . .

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What do YOU do with the salary question? In today’s job market, it’s huge. Well I found a LinkedIn group discussion with nearly 700 comments. The person who posed the question does an excellent job of articulating the issues, and firing back further questions. I think this discussion addresses the issue in such detail that [...]

Lights, Camera, Action!!!

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Today, great interview preparation includes a special extra step for people with chutzpah (Look it up: www.dictionary.com ). If you want that next great job, listen to the link I’m about to make between practice interviewing and a video camera. I’m in a Toastmasters club where we practice giving speeches, we practice communication techniques, and [...]

First impressions…lasting impressions.

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After weeks of working the process, it happens, you land a real job interview!  Congratulations!  Now, how will you prepare for this meeting? Most candidates remember to take along copies of their resumes and and a portfolio of accomplishments.  They brush up on their answers to commonly asked questions.  These things are important, however, have [...]

Taking the dread out of interviewing.

Once you have been invited to interview with an employer you will experience a myriad of emotions. Nervousness can creep in and the morning of the interview is often filled with stress and anxiety. What to do?

My first panel interview…not a slam dunk! (Part 2)

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Here’s how I did.

So I’m sitting in this huge room interviewing with the Cleveland Cavaliers . . . I couldn’t tell you specifically what they asked. Why?