Speaker 1: If you have a job interview coming up in the next hour, make sure you watch this video. I am going to give you 12 brilliant tips to help you pass your interview at the first attempt. I have been a hiring manager for more than 30 years, and these are the best tips I can give you. Okay, let's get straight into the video. Please make sure you write down these tips. Here we go. Tip number one is to help you overcome interview nerves. Now, remember this. It's perfectly normal to have some nerves both before and during a job interview. In fact, if you came along to an interview with me and you weren't slightly nervous, I would be concerned. But we need to get your interview nerves down to a level that enables you to perform to the best of your ability. Here's two really important tips to help bring down interview nerves. Number one, remember this. A job interview is just a meeting between you and a potential employer. So start thinking of your interview as just a meeting. It's a meeting to find out whether they want to hire you for the job role and you want to work for their company. Once you start thinking of your interview as a meeting, it brings down interview nerves. And number two, interview nerves is a form of excitement. So once you start telling yourself, and I recommend you do this, that you are excited about the job opportunity, your nerves will come down even more. And remember this, what's the worst thing that can happen? You go along to the interview and you don't get offered the job. It's not the end of the world. There will be another opportunity for you just around the corner, and you will have the benefit of attending an interview, which gives you more experience. Interview tip number two is to please make sure you quickly research the company you are applying to work at before your interview. This is important because the majority of interview candidates apply for lots of different job roles and they don't care which company they work for. The hiring manager wants to avoid these candidates at all costs. So before your interview, quickly do this. Look at the company's website to find out what they actually do, and the products and services they offer. Also, look at their company values and their mission, and make sure you follow them on social media so you are aware of their latest news stories. Interview tip number three is to make sure before your interview you quickly scan the job description. Now, the job description is the blueprint for the job you are applying for, and on that job description, there will be a list of skills and strengths needed in the position to perform the role competently. Now, you should read the job description because that then allows you to answer the difficult question, what are your greatest strengths? When you answer the question, what are your greatest strengths, make sure you use keywords and phrases from the job description. Interview tip number four is to make sure you take with you to your interview three printed documents. Document number one is your CV or resume. Towards the start of your job interview, the hiring manager will probably say, walk me through your resume. Now, if you don't have a copy of it with you, you will be trying to memorize its contents, and if you can't walk them through your CV or resume, it doesn't look good. The second document to take with you to your interview is what's called a reference sheet. This is a single sheet of A4 paper, and on it will be the names, email addresses, and contact telephone numbers of two people who are willing to act as a reference for you in the job role. And the third document to take with you to your interview is a 30, 60, and 90-day plan. This 30, 60, and 90-day plan is a document that tells the hiring manager what you will do in the role once you start work for their company. You can give them both the reference document and your 30, 60, and 90-day plan just before you leave the interview. Now, if you want to download my ready-made 30, 60, and 90-day plans for job interviews, click that link at any time. Interview tip number five is to make sure you prepare your self-introduction. Now, right at the very start of your job interview, the hiring manager will say either, please tell me about yourself or introduce yourself. You can use the same answer for both questions. Now, when you answer either of these questions, I recommend you talk about the following four things. The skills you have that match the job description, your education background and experience, any accomplishments you have gained in your life so far, and the type of person you are and what you will do in the role if they hire you. Now, those four things stand for SEAT, S-E-A-T, and you can remember my SEAT structure for tell me about yourself and introduce yourself because you will be sitting down on a seat at your interview. Tip number six for passing your job interview is a really quick one, but it is super important, and that is to make sure you look the interviewer in the eyes when you are answering their questions because this demonstrates two things, confidence and good communication skills. Now, I recently interviewed somebody for a job role at my company, and even though they gave really good answers to the questions, they were looking out of the window while giving me their response. They didn't get off at the position. Tip number seven for making sure you pass your job interview is to think about your weaknesses. Now, during your job interview, one of the hardest questions to answer is what is your biggest weakness? Do not say, I don't have any weaknesses, and even worse, do not say, well, my biggest weakness is I am a perfectionist. If you say either of those things, you will probably fail. Now, the best weaknesses, in my opinion, for job interviews are public speaking, taking on too much work, and being impatient. Tip number eight is for answering the difficult interview question, why do you want to leave your current job? Do not, under any circumstances, be negative about your employer, coworkers, or boss. If you are negative, you will not get off at the job. So let me give you a quick, simple, and easy-to-remember answer to the question why do you want to leave your current job that is perfect for all job interviews. Here it is. I want to leave my current job because I have reached my full potential there. My employer has been fantastic to work for, and we achieved many great things while I have been there. However, I am now ready for the next chapter of my career where my skills and knowledge will be put to good use, and I can collaborate alongside other like-minded professionals who want to do great things in their work. That is a good answer. Interview tip number nine is designed to help you answer the difficult question, what are your greatest strengths? Now, when you answer this difficult question, please remember the word arm. And you can remember the word arm because we use our arms to be strong. A stands for adaptability, R stands for responsiveness, and M stands for motivated. Here is a brilliant answer to the question, what are your greatest strengths that uses my arm structure? Here we go. My greatest strengths are adaptability, responsiveness, and being motivated. My adaptability means I will willingly carry out tasks and duties outside of my job description to give you a great return on my salary. Because I am responsive, it means I will always act quickly and get more work completed than the average employee. And because I am motivated, it means you won't have to tell me to do a job twice. Job interview tip number 10 is for answering difficult interview questions on workplace conflict. Questions such as, how would you deal with a conflict with a coworker? That question comes up during 90% of interviews, but most candidates answer it incorrectly. They say, if I ever encounter conflict with a coworker, I will tell my manager about it so they can resolve it for us. That is not the way to answer that question. Here is a brilliant response that will score highly with the hiring manager. Write this down. I would deal with the conflict both professionally and maturely. First, I would assess my words and actions to make sure I wasn't the cause of the conflict. Next, I would sit down privately with my coworker to establish their views and to find an amicable way forward that resolved the conflict and benefited the team. Interview tip number 11 is about asking questions at the end of your interview. Don't make the mistake of saying, no, I don't have any questions. You covered everything in the interview. I recommend you ask three smart questions that show you are a caring employee who wants to do great things in your work. I recommend you ask these three questions. Here we go. Question number one, what is it the top-performing employees do in this company to achieve success? My second question is, can you tell me more about the team I would be a part of in this role? And my third question is, is there any further information I can read to learn more about your company while I wait to hear the result of my interview? Interview tip number 12 is to make sure, and this is really important, you send the hiring manager a thank you email within 24 hours of your interview finishing. Now, when you send the hiring manager a good thank you email it does two things. Number one, it tells them that you have good manners. And number two, it puts you at the forefront of their mind when they are deciding who it is they want to offer the job to. Now, if you want a ready-made thank you email to send to the hiring manager plus an abundance of additional outstanding resources, make sure you click that link right now in the top right-hand corner of the video. Head straight through to my website, passmyinterview.com, and you can join my ultimate job interview mentoring program. This is a formidable resource. It will help you pass every job interview you ever attend. Here's what you get when you join my job interview mentoring program. 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