I’m always on the look-out for fresh job interviewing techniques that will help my readers get hired!  The following interview tips by Peggy McKee will give you some new ways to set yourself above the crowd when you go to your job interview!



4 Impressive Job Interview Techniques to Get the Offer!

There are 4 job interview techniques that I talk about all the time (and encourage my candidates to use in their job interviews):

Compile a brag book
Have great references
Prepare well for the interview (research/do your homework)
Create a 30-60-90-day plan

Here are 4 examples of how some of my candidates used these techniques in their job interviews with their own personal spin and got fantastic job offers as a result. These were some truly great ideas, and I know they will help you.

1. Brag book – One candidate compiled a brag book that was enormous. It was overwhelming with evidence of her successes. She took the whole thing with her to her interview, but instead of trying to show the hiring manager all of it, she took a yellow highlighter and highlighted about 10 specific pages, and that’s what she pointed to and talked about. All that hiring manager could think about was how she would do that with his products, and his clients, and how that would ring the cash register for his company. And she got the offer.

2. References – After the face-to-face interview, the hiring manager received an email within 30 minutes of the interview from the candidate’s former manager saying that this candidate was “all that” and more. It was great. It was written very well, and the timing was amazing. And he got the offer.

3. Interview Preparation – On her first interview for a sales rep position calling on a certain kind of physician, this candidate brought a list of those kinds of physicians in her state with a check mark beside those that she knew. That was impressive. But then, on the second interview, she brought in that same list and she had highlighted 25 of those physicians that she had actually spoken with personally in the last week to find out who they were using for this specific product, what they liked about it, what they didn’t like about it, and what they think are issues for the future. When she presented that to the hiring manager, he took her in to see the CEO. The CEO was blown away, and she had the offer before she got off the plane.

4. 30-60-90-day Plan – A candidate prepared a 30-60-90-day plan for a company notorious for its stringent hiring processes and demands of its candidates within the interview process. This candidate prepared a written plan that outlined what he would do to be successful in the first 90 days of employment with this company. This company was impressed, gave him high marks, and he’s off to the second interview with a significantly higher chance of receiving a job offer.

You can use these tips in job interviews to differentiate yourself. To be successful, you’ve got to set yourself apart.

Peggy McKee is the owner and chief recruiter for PHC Consulting, a recruiting firm providing top sales talent, sales management, marketing and service / support personnel to some of the most prominent high growth companies in the medical and laboratory products industry for over 10 years!

Check out her blog with advice and tips for candidates in medical sales at http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress

Peggy also has a website dedicated to providing job candidates in any area with practical and very effective tools, products, tips and tricks to be successful in this job market http://www.career-confidential.com/

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