Bernard Haldane Associates Inc. - Haldane's Best Answers To Tough Interview Questions (Haldane's Best)

The job interview is the single most important prerequisite to getting a job – no interview, no job offer. While many people may be talented in writing resumes and letters, conducting research, and networking, they simply must do well in the job interview. Regardless of how talented they are doing work, their interview skills will count the most in getting the job.
But what exactly must they know and do in order to ace the job interview? What questions should they anticipate? How well prepared are they with answers that clearly communicate professional and personal competencies? Better still, what questions are they prepared to ask during the job interview?

"Haldane's Best Answers to Tough Interview Questions" examines the nuts-and-bolts of interviewing for job seekers. Unlike other books that focus solely on the job interview, this book focuses on the dynamics of two critical interviews in the job search - referral interviews and job interviews. Pioneered by the authors, Bernard Haldane Associates, referral interviews open the doors to key employers. When conducted properly, they can quickly lead to the perfect job - one that is "fit" for the interviewee.

The face-to-face job interview largely determines whether or not a candidate will be offered the job. Based on more than 50 years of experience in working with over 600,000 clients, this book outlines the key principles as well as reveals numerous examples for conducting a successful job interview. Covering everything from preparation to close and follow-up, it shows how to:

*Be ready for the interview
*Respond to every question
*Avoid 26 Interview myths
*Ask the right questions
*Recognize 8 types of interviews
*Dress for the interview
*Make positive first impressions
*Prepare for the encounter
*Handle behavior-based questions
*Follow-up the interview
*Deal with illegal questions
*Engage in small talk
*Negotiate salary & benefits
*Close the interview

Rich with sample dialogues and examples of key questions and answers, this innovative book takes job seekers into the offices of employers where they must participate in one of the most important meetings of their lives. Preparing with this book, they should be better able to clearly answer the major question on the minds of most employers – "Why should I hire you?"

Reviews

The best part of this book is the list of questions *you* should ask during an interview; they alone are worth buying the book for. Two friends of mine have borrowed my copy and also found those questions invaluable, finding out a lot about their potential employer that they would never have thought to ask. The section on how to negotiate your salary is also very good.

What the title refers to, the tough interview questions you may be asked and how to answer them, are pretty much the same as in other job seeking books. What makes this a five-star book are, as I say above, the questions for you to ask.

About the Author

Bernard Haldane Associates is one of the world's leading career management firms. Consisting of a network of more than 80 offices in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, for over 50 years they have assisted more than 600,000 clients in making successful job and career transitions. This represents the third book in the "Haldane's Best Series". Others include "Haldane's Best Resumes for Professionals" and "Haldane's Best Cover Letters for Professionals".