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Prepare for the Interview

The principles for interview preparation in Chapter 4 provide guidance
for much of what you need to do as you gear up for job interviews. To get
a better understanding of what’s involved here, let’s begin by dividing
interview preparation principles into five categories:

Assess your strengths and relate them to employers’ needs.

Conduct research on the field of work you hope to enter as well
as conduct research on organizations in your targeted commu-
nity that hire for these types of positions.

Prepare for the verbal interchange.

Prepare your nonverbal strategies.

Deal with logistics.

Preparation tales time, but since your livelihood as well as your work
satisfaction and enjoyment of the work you do are on the line, it is time
well spent.

Assess Strengths and Relate to Employers‘ Needs

If you have not already done so, you should assess your work-related
strengths and consider ways to relate these to the employer’s needs.
Principles 1-5 in the previous chapter
Employers are deal with this process. Before you talk
to an employer - in fact, before you
jnterested jn even write your resume - you should
your strengths. have a clear understanding of what you
do well and enjoy doing. What are your
major skulls? How have you demonstrated them in your past work? Can
you elaborate your seven major achievements and relate them to the
needs of the employer? What are your major weaknesses? Remember,
employers are interested in hiring your strengths - those things you do
well and enjoy doing. They will be loolung for indicators of your