Most of What You Know About Interviews is Wrong
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Most of What You Know About Interviews is Wrong
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#2Your current salary has nothing to do with how much you want to make in your next job. If you know the market conditions, and you have marketable and transferrable skills, then you are free to name your price.
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When your current salary is asked, say it freely. The salary question is just yet another question.
Wrong. It anchors the negotiation. If you are happy with your current salary, then by all means do so. But if you were underpaid, responding with "I'm looking for X" is a fairer answer to that question that is almost always acceptable. If, after this question, they insist on knowing your current salary--well, it was probably not meant to be.
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#3Your current salary has nothing to do with how much you want to make in your next job. If you know the market conditions, and you have marketable and transferrable skills, then you are free to name your price. ... When your current salary is asked, say it freely. The salary question is just yet another question. Wrong. It anchors the negotiation. If you are happy with your current salary, then by all means do so. But…
Agreed. I want to work somewhere where I can trust my employer to be fair with me - I don't want to have to keep negotiating everything with them after I'm employed. My advice is to do your homework and know your real market value and then force them to say a number first. If they're not offering to pay you close to your real worth, that really is a sign you probably wouldn't be happy there.
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#4I can't help but think there is a better way to format this article.....
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#5Article author has dumbass written all over him.
Would not bang.
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#6One of the ill advises wandering on the Internet is that you should do whatever it takes to learn about the company’s culture. This is also wrong, and it’s merely a waste of time.
Severely disagree -- I think having an understanding of the company culture is vitally important.
Being a good personality fit is a major component of being the right person for the job, and demonstrating not only your understanding of their current culture, but also how you would be a great fit for that culture will go far in showing why you're the best candidate for a position.
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#7This article is barely readable.
The block quotes throughout don't make sense. They are extremely confusing. Further, not only does the article NOT describe strategies contrary to those "wandering on the internet," it trots out trite platitudes as though they're new and interesting. Bits like "So be an adult, and show your interest." aren't merely juvenile and shallow, they're also obvious and unhelpful.
How did this make it to the front page?
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#8"Believe it or not, the interviewer cannot care less about your extensive knowledge about the company. She simply does not give a damn about it."
As someone who has interviewed many people, I strongly disagree. I've interviewed people who admitted (somewhat tactfully) that they didn't really know what the company was or what we did. It demonstrates either that they don't know how to do the most basic research, or that they really don't care. Either way, not a good sign.
He even seems to admit this later on, but in other contexts: "So be an adult, and show your interest", and: "The interviewer will appreciate the time and effort you’ve taken, because by conveying a well-prepared answer you’re also showing respect to the interviewer’s time."
Bingo!
I'm pretty sure I'm not alone, because I know of cases where we had a recruiter/HR select an otherwise unremarkable resume from the pile for us, when it had a cover letter that mentioned our office in-jokes (which were on our company blog). That shows that you care, and that is perhaps the single most important attribute I'm looking for in a candidate.
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#9The bold text looks blurry, very confusing.
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#10I didn't find this especially interesting. Of course, for every interview I have ever gotten, I have been offered the job. I don't have any secrets to offer. I just go for a chat. In fact, from my point of view, the interview is more about learning whether I want the job than worrying about trying to convince them to hire me. If they don't like who I am, then I probably don't want to work for them, either.
My trouble is that I find it extremely hard to get the interviews in the first place (which makes the advice of going to a lot of interviews for practice somewhat laughable to me). I suppose this implies that I am not good at resume and cover letter writing or that I don't network properly. I haven't found any advice on the subject lately that was of much use.