40 common mistakes in job interviews
Sometime we fail to crack interview due to the common mistakes in job interviews. Here is a list of 40 common mistakes in job interview, which candidate usually do during the job interview.
Try to avoid these common mistakes in job interviews so that you can crack the interview easily.
- Showing off
- Making up answers
- Forgetting your manners
- Asking no questions
- Apologizing unnecessarily (using “sorry” word again and again)
- A bad handshake
- Moaning about your current employer
- Using only ‘yes’ or ‘no’ during your answers (Unless the interviewer requires a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer)
- Trite or practiced answers
- Dressing sloppily
- Arriving Late
- Not bringing a resume
- Fuzzy Resume Facts
- Making a weak first impression
- Displaying low energy
- Seeming unprepared
- Appearing uninterested
- Being angry
- Appearing to be too nervous, or over confident
- Not Paying Attention
- Focusing too much on yourselves
- Flirting or other inappropriate behavior
- Leaving Your Cellphone On
- Using Your Phone During the Interview
- Bringing a Drink With You
- Complaining
- Talking Too Much
- Sharing TMI (too much information)
- Negative body language.
- Not Being Prepared to Answer Questions
- Asking weirdly personal questions
- Not Knowing Anything About the Company
- Researching the Company But Not Yourself
- Failing to explain what you will bring to the company
- Badmouthing Past Employers
- Forgetting the interview is a two-way street
- Not collecting contact information or asking the next-steps questions
- Failing to follow up
- Forgetting to follow up
- Following up too aggressively
Try to practice in front of a mirror to watch your tone, your body language, your appearance, as well as to watch the mannerisms, your expressions that you may have or even record yourself on camera to avoid these common mistakes in job interviews. It will help you a lot to build your confidence, pick out any bad habits you have, losing eye contact, like talking too loud or too quiet etc.
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