All you Need to Know about a Job Interview

Interviews are meant to determine if you’re the one for the job or not and if you’re gonna be a good fit with the other employers.

There are different types of interview and different ways to determine if you’re the one.

You can have a Video Interview and it happens if the company is abroad and you can’t travel to make the face to face interview with them.

There is also a phone interview which the company can do it first to decide if you have potentials and go to the next step which is the face to face interview.

So when you’re going to start your interview always remember that first impression is so important. You should be smiling and to be confident to make them feel that you believe in yourself.

Always be polite and great them in a good way and don’t ever answer any question in a non-professional or friendly way.

Always answer calmly and direct, try not to be stressed or to ramble during the interview. Try to highlight your strength and skills and give evidence or proof if you have and don’t ever be afraid of your weaknesses and if they ask you about something you don’t know be true tell them that you don’t know it but you know similar things and that you can learn fast and that you’re ready for it.

At the end of the interview make them feel that you know all about the company and what it does and that you can fit it quickly and that you’re the man for the job.

Do : Phone interview

• Be in a quiet place
• Be sure that you have battery and good signal
• Be sure that no one will interrupt you or disturb you
• Take notes so you won’t forget a thing

Do : Video interview

• Be in a quiet place
• Be sure that you have battery and good internet connection
• Be sure that no one will interrupt you or disturb you
• Take notes so you won’t forget a thing
• Be smiley
• Wear formally

Do : Face to face interview

• Smile and make eye contact
• Be confident and make them feel that
• Don’t answer quickly and without thinking
• Talk about your skills qualities and all the good experiences you had
• Ask questions if you have don’t be ashamed

Don’t:        

• Focus on your weaknesses
• Be stressed and make them feel that
• Be nerves or angry about any question and answer in a bad or rude way
• Talk quickly you can make them understand that you’re nervous

NOTE : As a good thing to do after the interview always send a mail to thank them.

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How to Write a CV

A CV is a summary of your professional experiences, education history and skills.

Your CV is the reason of you getting hired in a certain job or chosen for an opportunity.

Resumes are always asked for any type of offer you’re applying for.

What you have to put in your CV:

Personal information:

• First name and last name
• Phone number
• Email address (should be a professional one. Example: firstname.lastname@mailprovider)

                              

Professional experiences:

In this section you should give all the details about any professional you did to show that you are the best choice. You should follow these steps for each experience:

• It should be written in reverse chronological order (most recent job to the oldest one)
• Job title and organization name and it location
• When did you start this job and when did you finish it
• What does the company do and what was your position

Education:

This section it should be written also in a reverse chronological order. Also follow these steps:

       
Degrees: 

• The title of the degree
• Name and location of the university
• When did you start studying and when did you finish it

Trainings, qualifications or other experiences:

In this section you can include any other training courses you had, qualifications or other experiences.

Skills:           

Here you should show the additional skills you have that makes you the right person for the job.

• Professional skills
• Computer skills
• Your languages level

Interests:

This section is optional but if it’s relevant to what you’re applying for you should add it but with moderation.

References:

Here if you have reliable references to add, you should add them with all the details needed.

Note:

•          Your resume should be written in a good way and gives positive vibes
•          It should always be up-to-date
•          No grammatical or spelling errors
•          The CV should be 1 page and A4 format
•          Your personal information should be up-to-date
•          In interests section don’t put irrelevant or unessential information

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How to Write a Cover Letter

A cover letter contains information about yourself, your skills, your qualities and experience. This information is dedicated exactly to the job you want to reach.

You should about the experience you had that makes you a good fit to this job.

And you also have to know everything about the company you’re applying for. 

To make them feel that you know what you’re going to do and you have a place with them.

In your letter you should mention new things about you. Don’t repeat what u putted in your cv. For example you can put what motivates you the most, what qualities you have that can make you fit better in this job more than the others…

With your letter you can attract them and make all the lights on you. It can be the reason to make them read your cv or not.

Make some research

•          All the information you can find about the company.
  
•          The profile they are searching for.

Let’s start

First of all you need to put your address, the address of the company and the date. 

Start your letter formally, finish it the same and put your contact and how they can reach you.

You have to start writing by introducing yourself so they can know who you are, explain why you're writing this letter and why you’re interested in this company.

Then start speaking about your skills and the experience you have related to this post. 

Which can give them an eye about how you fit to this job and why they should hire you. And make sure to show them that you’re progressing and that your experience and skills make you the best one.

Also talk about what you can add to this company when they hire you for that position.

Finally, you should thank the company for this opportunity and that you are so interested in working with them, that you’re waiting for their response and that you’re available for any further information they want to know about you.

Note : you should check any spelling errors, grammar errors.  

Note : Your cover letter shouldn’t be more than one page.

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How to Write A Motivation Letter

It is very common to be asked for a motivation letter to be able to apply for an internship, a scholarship, a non-paid position …

This motivation letter is one of the key documents and can make a difference between you and the others.

The motivation letter gives you the opportunity to express how much you want a certain internship, a certain job… with your own words which can make the one who is going to read it feel how much you want it or not. 

It lets you speak about yourself about things that can affect the provider, to say things about yourself that differs you from the others. Things you can’t write in a Resume or CV.

Also your motivation letter can be the basic of the conversation that can happen during the interview.

Make some research

So before you write your motivation letter you should know all the information and details about the opportunity and about the provider so you can have what you need to know if your profile is a match or no and to know how to start writing and from where to begin.

Make some plans

You should know what you’re going to speak about, which topics, qualities… you’re going to highlight them. Your letter should be personal and should be unique so you have to know what to speak about exactly, why you’re interested in this opportunity, what you are the perfect profile for it, mention too if you had some similar experience…

Some questions you need to answer them in your letter :

•          What is your goal?
•          How this opportunity is going to help you to reach your goal?
•          Why are you interested in this opportunity?
•          Why are you the one they are searching for?
•          What skills, qualities do you have that can prefer you on others?
•          Do you have any experience?
•          What will this opportunity give you?

        

NOTE : Don’t forget to be professional, not to make errors while writing and to address the letter formally.

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