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encountering this relatively new line of questioning. The more you lcnow
about the types of situations you are likely to encounter in interviews, the
better prepared you should be for answering and asking questions both
verbally and nonverbally.
Chapter 3, Mistakes, Trends, and Resources, focuses on major interview-
ing sins committed by job seekers as revealed by numerous employers,
These errors can easily hock you out of future consideration. The
chapter also examines two major interviewing trends as well as offers
several key print and electronic resources to help prepare anyone for an
effective job interview.
In Chapter 4, 45 I(ey Interview Principles, we turn our attention to a
comprehensive set of interview rules that form the basis for effective inter-
viewing. These precepts are much more than just a scattering of hot tips,
generic experiences, common-sense knowledge, or structured logic. Based
on research and experience, they are a well integrated set of principles
that define effective communication in most professional and social
settings. Our principles cover three distinct interview stages you will most
likely encounter during your job search:

9 interview preparation
. interview encounters
. interview follow-ups

Taken together, these principles also constitute a well-defined strategy
for conducting a dynamite job interview. They are your tickets to
interview success.
In Chapter 5, Get Prepared, we examine important interview pre-
paration steps that go beyond just practicing model answers and
questions. You’ll examine strategies and learn to anticipate interview
scenarios in this critical chapter that serves as a transition to the actual
job interview.
We then turn our attention to the nuts-and-bolts of job interviews -
specific questions and answers. Based on our principles of effective
interviewing, in Chapter 6 -Answer Questions - we examine the verbal
components of the interview - the art of spealung well and the most
common questions asked of interviewees. Each question is followed with
examples of dynamite answer strategies that will both impress inter-
viewers and generate useful information for decision-malung purposes.