Jeffrey Roe

9. Thank the interviewer for their time and ask (a few) good questions (especially my “single best question to ask in an interview“). A great all-purpose question to ask at the end: “Is there anything else I should’ve asked about this role or my future boss that I haven’t asked?” Source: https://hr.theladders.com/career-newsletters/my-hands-are-sweating-and-i-cant-breathe

7. “Bad mouth thee, bad mouth me.” Whenever you trash-talk your former or current employer, guess what the interviewer thinks? “Oh boy, if we hire this guy, I’m next on the firing line!” Never, ever say bad, mean, unkind or even unflattering true things if it displays your ability to be an ingrate, gossip or ne’er-do-well. Source: https://hr.theladders.com/career-newsletters/my-hands-are-sweating-and-i-cant-breathe

4. Be kind to every employee you meet. As a matter of fact, be kind to everybody within 2 miles of the interview building — the receptionist, the parking lot guy, the janitor and the intern. When I ask our receptionists how a candidate behaved, it is shocking to hear the number of people who think good manners and kindness are only to be trotted out in the interview room. Source: https://hr.theladders.com/career-newsletters/my-hands-are-sweating-and-i-cant-breathe.

3. Dress the part — businesslike and professional, no matter how groovy the company is. Except in cases where the culture is aggressively anti-corporate, a coat-and-tie or demure pearls never make you look bad. Source: https://hr.theladders.com/career-newsletters/my-hands-are-sweating-and-i-cant-breathe.

2. Be on time, unflustered, with a clean, well-presented copy of your resume. Sure, this sounds like “Interviewing 101″, but you know that you’ve violated this rule at least once in your life because you didn’t leave the house ten minutes earlier than you “thought” was safe. Do yourself a favor — it’s far better to be wasting 10 minutes in the lobby than stressing out in transit. Source: https://hr.theladders.com/career-newsletters/my-hands-are-sweating-and-i-cant-breathe

1. Show up with a “good” level of knowledge after doing a “reasonable” amount of research. You’d be surprised at the number of people who haven’t looked at the company’s homepage, Googled its name, and checked out the stock ticker, before showing up for an interview. Likewise, you might be surprised at the number of people who overdo it and show up with eight pages of questions — single-spaced — and start off with an inquiry as to why margins in the Southwest region have declined by 10% since seven years ago despite favorable currency rates. Source: https://hr.theladders.com/career-newsletters/my-hands-are-sweating-and-i-cant-breathe