Hey Everyone,
I’m back after a great Christmas and New Years, and I hope you guys/girls also had a great one as well. When we last spoke I explained the important parts necessary to have a successful interview in struts framework. Lets quickly look at the equation:
Struts Framework Knowledge Base + Interview Confidence = Successful Struts Interview
In this post, like the last, I will be looking at the interview side of the equation, ie interview confidence.
Confidence is a huge part of any human interaction. But confidence is not only limited to language, it is an overall portrayal of yourself (which includes language, but that will be part of another post)
A very important issue is the first impression. Everyone only gets one first impression and it is extremely difficult to recover from a bad first impression, especially in an interview where there is only a limited amount of time.
The way to make a good first impression is with proper clothes. I prefer a nice simple suit. Not one that you’ll go to a club or prom with, but a simple black suit with a white dress shirt, you can go a bit funky or show a bit of attitude with your tie because everyone likes a fun tie and it makes for an easy conversation starter.
After you got your clothes in check, you don’t want to come off nervous, you want to stand up straight, look at the interviewers eyes with a nice smile as you shake their hands and introduce yourself.
After proper introductions (please I BEG of you do not and I repeat do NOT blabber when introducing yourself, a quick joke, maybe an anecdote but THATS IT) you prepare for the questions.
Things to avoid:
- Fidgeting: this is a faux-pas, you do not want to be fidgeting with your tie or anything when talking or answring questions, shows nervousness which is very unattractive
- Blabbering : When answering a question, GET TO THE POINT don’t over explain there are a lot of questions to get and you don’t want to cut the interview short
- Hesitate: if you hesitate as a first impression, you’ll usually hesitate throughout the whole interview, so practice in front of a mirror at home and relax, don’t hesitate at all
Later all
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