As recruiters, the majority of us only are compensated when one of our clients hires our candidates, and this will take 100s of calls and business days of effort to generate one interview. So, we are fairly vested in those interviews going well. When those interviews happen, our Candidates have most certainly been prepped, rehearsed, and polished, usually many times, in order to ensure success.

Backing up a step, recruiters will advise you that nobody is a guru at being interviewed for a job, and frankly, who would decide to hire them if they were? A person would have to hold a fairly fractured career history to have built so much interview experience. So, don't feel stressed going into a job interview. It invariably is an emotional experience for anybody who finds themselves in an interview situation from entry level to career veterans.

The most effective method to mitigate the worries connected with a job interview is with preparation. To survive in the marketplace, headhunters become masters at preparing candidates for interviews. As most interview processes begin on the phone, this process always starts with prepping for all the typical phone interview questions. The single most common phone interview question is "Tell me a little bit about yourself?"

This is definitely by far the most important question of the interview. Because the person doing the interview has been busy with a thousand other things at their job, they usually ask this as your opening question. It offers them an opening to check out your resume and breathe for a second€¦ well typically 90 to 180 seconds.

You may ask why this is important. In a nutshell, the Interviewer has just provided the opportunity to take a minute and a half to three minutes and present anything with regards to you that you so choose. It's like open mic night.

Given this opportunity, the job seeker can set the tone for the interview by making a very good argument, based on specifics of their past achievements, as to why they should be hired for the position.

The job seeker should have a very clear and practiced understanding of how their past experience makes them a fit for the position in question, including specific examples.

A very effective way to answer this question would be to choose something similar to:

€I have been in the industry for X years. During that period of time, I was able to ACHIEVEMENT #1, ACHIEVEMENT #2, ACHIEVEMENT #3. I feel that this relates well with regard to the position at hand and will permit me to add value if given the option. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss it with you.€

This keeps the response concise. It leads the Interviewer to ask questions dealing with the achievements mentioned, and yes it even demonstrates organized thinking.

Good Luck with the Interview!