In the Days Before the Interview


	In the Days Before the Interview

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/09560428-d22a-461a-868a-f8424f041bce/8144409F-4A27-44A3-8252-90C233AD17D5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://career-advice.monster.com/interview-preparation/Interview-Cheat-Sheet/home.aspx?WT.mc_n=MNL000283" href="http://career-advice.monster.com/interview-preparation/Interview-Cheat-Sheet/home.aspx?WT.mc_n=MNL000283" style="font-size: 11px;">career-advice.monster.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/interview-preparation/Interview-Cheat-Sheet/home.aspx?WT.mc_n=MNL000283"><P>In the Days Before the Interview</p> <OL>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Draw a line down the center of a piece of paper. On the left side, make a bulleted list of what the employer is looking for based on the job posting. On the right side, make a bulleted list of the qualities you possess that fit those requirements. </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://company.monster.com">Research</A> the company, the industry and the competition. </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Prepare your 60-second personal statement -- your answer to the "<A href="http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview-practice/Tell-Me-About-Yourself/home.aspx">tell me about yourself</A>" question. </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Write at least five success stories to answer <A href="http://career-advice.monster.com/articles/3479/18480/1/home.aspx">behavioral interview</A> questions ("Tell me about a time when..." or "Give me an example of a time..."). </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">List <A href="http://career-advice.monster.com/articles/3478/19162/1/home.aspx">five questions to ask</A> the interviewer about the job, the company and the industry. </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://career-advice.monster.com/articles/3483/16807/1/home.aspx">Research salary data</A> to determine your worth. </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Determine your salary needs based on your living expenses. </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Get permission from your references to use their names.</LI></OL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8144409F-4A27-44A3-8252-90C233AD17D5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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