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INDEX

Accountant, 28 Checklists:
Action words, 43 interview questions, 121–122
Activities (see Exercises) preinterview, 78
Adaptability, 34 Clothing (see Attire)
Aftershave, 85 Cologne, 85
Anecdote, 52, 54 Common fears, 11–13
Anxiety, 68 Company culture, 63–64
Attire, 83–87 Company mission statements, 62–63
conservative (respect), 81, 84, 87 Company Web sites, 62
men, 84–86 Compensation (see Negotiating salary)
(See also Men’s attire) Competencies, 33–35
overdressing, 84 Computer programmer, 28
women, 86–87 Computers, 60
(See also Women’s attire) Concrete, quantified statements
Attitude, 89–90 (see Q statements)
Author’s stories (see Vignettes) Confidence, 175

Baez, Joan, 151 Dependability, 53
Bargaining factors, 129–132 Desert Hearts, 140
Barton, Bruce, 91 Didion, Joan, 173
Beard, 85–86 Disabilities, 115
Beasley, Steven, 62 Display interest in company, 59
Bender, George H., 39 Dow Jones Interactive, 68
Benefits (total compensation Dresses, 86–87
package), 139 Dry run of trip to interview, 70–71
Body language, 120–121 Dun and Bradstreet’s Million Dollar
eye contact, 120 Database, 68
facial expression, 83
fidgeting, 121 Edgar-Online, 68
posture/method of sitting, 120 Environmental planner, 28
rate of speech, 121 Ex-employee, information that can be
Bragging, 42 revealed, 105
Briefcase, 86 Examples (see Samples)
Exercises:
Callback time, 146 general skills inventory, 23–26
Career centers, 61 job-specific skills inventory,
CareerJournal.com, 68 29–30
Cell phone, 86 personal traits inventory, 30–33

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