Job interview Preparation? Done and over with! Job Interview Process? Done and over with as well!
Is now the time to sit around and wait for the interviewer to contact you? Or should you jump right ahead and bombard him with phone calls, e-mails, greeting cards and thank you presents? Not really!
Some pointers for your job interview performance analysis:
General Info:
Take note of the company name, your interviewer, the job position you applied to and the date the interview took place (yes, you never know when these could come handy).
Interview Specifics:
- Were you right on time? (Or maybe just a little fashionably but very unwisely late?)
- Did you face any difficulties answering any questions? (If that was the case, state the question and make sure to formulate a suitable answer for the future now that you are no longer under pressure).
- Did you remember to ask the interviewer all the right questions about the job? (Hopefully these didn't include questions about sick days, leave days, the view from the corner office and how soon you can move to a different role)
- In which areas do you think you could have done better? (Was there a bit too much stuttering going on there? Or a bit of thought disorganization? What is it exactly that you need to concentrate your efforts on improving?)
Job Interview Performance Analysis: Done and over with!! Job follow-up is to come next. What should be done and what shouldn't?
Here are Top Tips for your job interview follow up:
- Do send out your follow up (or thank you) letters/e-mails to interviewers no later than 48 hours after your interview. We recommend you do that the same day however when your ideas are still fresh. And please make sure to use the right names! Take this opportunity to once again stress on your strong points and elaborate on how interested you are in the company and the position itself.
- Do send, as follow-up measures, relevant news clippings or notes related to the company you are interviewing with if pertinent to the role, to remain top of mind with the employer and show you remain interested in the company and are vigilantly doing your homework about it.
- Do alert your references: they can get contacted from your potential employer anytime and you would want them ready and willing to compliment you on your achievements and previous performance.
Last but not least: "No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You". So put your best foot forward and persevere till you get that job of your dreams!
