Interview Myths That Keep You From Landing the Job

With so few jobs currently available and so many people currently hoping to fill those jobs, standing out in an interview is of utmost importance. While jobs themselves are scarce, job advice is overly abundant. And with an influxof information comes an influx of confusion. What career counsel do you take, and what do you ignore?

目前，工作機會又少，而想得到這些工作的求職者又非常之多。那么，在面試中脫穎而出就非常重要了。雖然工作本身很稀缺，但是關(guān)于工作的建議卻過于豐富。并且隨著大量信息的涌入，求職者也非?；靵y。你應該接受哪些職業(yè)建議，而忽略哪些呢?

There are a number of common misconceptions related to interview best practices, experts say. Kera Greene of the Career Counselors Consortium and executivecoach Barbara Frankel offer tips below that can help you stand out from other interview subjects, avoid frequent pitfalls, and secure the job.

專家指出說有很多關(guān)于面試最佳技巧的誤導信息。職業(yè)顧問聯(lián)盟的Kera Greene和執(zhí)行教練Barbara Frankel給出了以下建議，能夠幫助你在其他求職者中脫穎而出，不會頻繁的陷入誤區(qū)，保全那份工作。

Myth #1: Be prepared with a list of questions to ask at the close of the interview.

誤解1：準備好一份問題清單在面試接近尾聲的時候問面試官

There is some truth in this common piece of advice: You should always be prepared, and that usually includes developing questions related to the job. The myth here is that you must wait until it is "your turn" to speak.

在這個建議里還是有些真理的：你應該隨時準備好，而這通常包括和該份工作相關(guān)的拓展性問題。該處的誤解是你必須等到輪到你的時候才說話。

By waiting until the interviewer asks you if you have any questions, "it becomes an interrogationinstead of a conversation," says Greene.

Greene說：“如果你一直等到面試官問你是否有疑問時才提問，那樣面試就會變成審問而不是談話。”

Greene recommends that you think of an interview as a sales call. You are the product and you are selling yourself to the employer. "You can't be passive in a sales call or you aren't going to sell your product."

Greene建議你將面試當成一次電話營銷。你自身是產(chǎn)品，并且你在試著將自己賣給雇主，“在電話營銷中你不能是被動的，否則你就不能很好的銷售自己的產(chǎn)品。”

Frankel mimics Greene's comments. "It's a two-way street," she says. "I recommend asking a follow-up question at the tail end of your responses."

Frankel的建議與Greene差不多，她說：“這是個雙向道，我建議在你回答問題之后馬上接著提問。”

For example, Frankel says, if the interviewer says, "Tell me about yourself," you first respond to that question and complete your response with a question like, "Can you tell me more about the position?" The interview should be a dialogue.

Frankel說，打比方說在面試官問你：“講講你自己吧。”你可以先回答這個問題，然后可以用一個類似這樣問題來完善你的回答“你可以多告訴我一些關(guān)于這個職位的事情嗎?”這樣的面試才像談話。