Common Interview Mistakes to Avoid

Most Common Interview Mistakes

Sufficient preparations enable you to win the job in an interview. Here are the top 10 most common job interview mistakes that a candidate for employment can make.

Top 10 Common interview mistakes to avoid

   1.     Lack of a good preparation: You must do research that related to the company.

   2.     Failure to highlight your achievements: You must sell yourself and emphasize your past achievements, accomplishments and your special skills.

   3.     Few words answers or talking too much: Interviewer is not expects your answers like saying wrong ideas, wrong things, too little, or too much.

   4.     Arriving late: Most serious mistakes in an interview. If you cannot attend the interview on time, you should apologize first for recovering this failure.

   5.     Body language failures: You should always be careful with your body language because body language might convey different information to the potential employer. 

   6.     Lack of integrity: You cannot say bad things about your previous colleagues and jobs, because you will give a bad impression to your interviewer.

   7.     Asking about salary: You cannot ask the salary that company will give, because this is a common mistake for each interview unless the interviewer asks your salary expectations.

   8.     Smoking before the interview: Smell of smoke will creating a bad impression to your interviewer.

   9.     Lying: You must being mature enough and honest when answering the question.

  10.   Not following up after the interview: You should send a thank you letter, note, or email after an interview to show that you are interested in the position.