{"id":222,"date":"2010-01-18T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/?p=222"},"modified":"2010-01-14T13:40:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:40:51","slug":"interview-dos-and-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2010\/01\/18\/interview-dos-and-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Dos and Don&#8217;ts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by Rachel Erickson, Career Services Career Assistant and OSU Undergraduate<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-223\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2010\/01\/People-interviewing.jpg\" alt=\"People interviewing\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/>For many people, interviews can be a stressful experience.\u00a0 We would all love to walk into an interview, ace it, and leave the room feeling sure we\u2019d landed the job.\u00a0 But the truth is that you must prepare, because perfect interviews do not just happen.\u00a0 You may have all the qualifications and experiences the company wants, but that is not enough.\u00a0 An interviewer will be critiquing you on more than what you say.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few helpful Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Interviewing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do dress the part for the job<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Do research the company and the position you are interviewing for<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Do a practice run with a friend or make an appointment for a MOCK interview at Career Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Do make eye contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t rely on your application or resume to sell you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t act like you would take any job<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t say anything negative about former supervisors or employers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t answer questions with a simple \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on these suggestions and more Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quintcareers.com\/interviewing-dos-donts.html\">http:\/\/www.quintcareers.com\/interviewing-dos-donts.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember, you are interviewing the company just like they are interviewing you.\u00a0 Go into the interview prepared with questions you would like to know about the company.\u00a0 For example \u201cHow would you describe your company\u2019s culture\u201d or \u201cWhat do you enjoy the most about working for this company?\u201d will give you an idea of what it is like to work for that company.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Rachel Erickson, Career Services Career Assistant and OSU Undergraduate For many people, interviews can be a stressful experience.\u00a0 We would all love to walk into an interview, ace it, and leave the room feeling sure we\u2019d landed the job.\u00a0 But the truth is that you must prepare, because perfect interviews do not just&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2010\/01\/18\/interview-dos-and-donts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1173,1093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-services","category-interviewing-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}