Basic facts you need to know about job interview - Take good advantage of every opportunity you have with your interviewer (Technical Skills)

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What you need to pass an interview is more than what you were taught in classrooms. So learn the nitty-gritty. They may not ask you to define, discus or explain concepts like you were told to do in class.

Good CV is more than just good results. Acquire the necessary skills needed for relevance.

Good CV is not enough to secure a job. Learn to impress your interviewer. That you have a nice and appealing CV is not 100% guarantee for securing a job. Your articulation of expressions matters.

Going late for an interview is a sure Sign of indiscipline and lack of diligence. It may take only favour to get that kind of job

Learn to give straight, forward and short answers to questions. Don't go there to show your grandiloquence or verbosity.

Dressing like the position you applied for is an advantage in securing a job. Don't dress like a security man while you applied for the position of manager and don't appear like a driver while you apply for the position of secretary.

Don't forget that good dress is not enough for an interview. Be confident enough to face your interviewer and give him the right impression.


No company wants a liability; learn how you can be an asset to the company even before you apply for the job. Identify the needs in the company and possible solutions that you can render.

The first impression you give to your interviewer in the first three to five minutes of your appearance matters. Mind your choice of words, mind your sitting posture. Don't go into the interview room and the first thing in your mind is to sit down or shake hands with the interviewer when you are not told to do so.

Asking your interviewer for pen to write (if need be) is a sign that you aren't serious. Get a good pen in your jacket, (Possibly fancy pen) position it well. Look like somebody of substance and not like beggars on the street.

There are few job opportunities out there. Take good advantage of every opportunity you have with your interviewer.