Five Top Tips To Interview Glory!

in #life7 years ago

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Job Interview's, they can be a nerve wracking affair.

Today I had one. I thought that being a good steemian I would pass on my five top tips to interview glory for any of my readers who are contemplating throwing their booty out into the job market to see who might want to give it a smack.

Read on.

It is important to prepare correctly for any interview. Below are my very own five tips to interview success.
++disclaimer ++ may not actually work.

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Make sure you look like a Greek god, albeit a modern day splendidly dressed one. It simply wouldn't do to turn up naked clutching a handful of fig leafs for propriety's sake. In my case my suit was so sharp it threatened to tear the very fabric of time.

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Place some loose coins in your back trouser pocket. That way every time you take a step they will jingle slightly like the clinking of spurs. Swaggering like a cowboy is bound to fill you with extra confidence. Also, bring a tobacco pipe (see point 5).

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Very important this one. Do not eat anything on the day of the interview. Ideally do not eat the day before either. Instead drink lots of coffee. You will be possessed of a furious nervous energy as your body presumes it is under some manner of attack. The last thing you need in an interview situation is your intestines consuming valuable resources.

This stratagem has an added bonus. That being, if your stomach traitorously growls in indignation you can draw attention to the fact and emphasise your hunger for the position.

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Upon entering the interview arena you may, despite your preparations suffer from a sweaty attack of the jitters.

There is school of thought that says to combat such nerves you should imagine your interviewers naked. I mean for goodness sake. How would that work? The last thing you want to do is be ogling them with the glad eye.

So instead, when introduced, picture how you would murder your interviewers quickly and efficiently. Perhaps sliding over the desk and kicking one in the neck whilst hurling a throwing star into the others eye?

The very imagining of this scenario as you are introduced will put them on the back foot. They will sense your dominance. After all, a gazelle always senses the presence of the lion.

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Remember the pipe? At some point in the interview, summon the pipe from a pocket. It will add gravitas and garner respect.

If one of the interviewers mentions that you cannot smoke here, reassure them you do not intend to. The only thing smoking here is my answers, may serve as a suitable response.

Now that the pipe is in hand ensure that you punctuate your answers by pointing at your interlocutors with the pipe at random moments. This reinforces your mastery, intelligence and perhaps lends a suave urbanity that they will simply not be able to resist.

And those my friends, are my Five Top Tips To Interview Glory!

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Thanks for the easy smile, I really enjoy this as I am about to go through a bout of interviews over the course of the next few months.

Awesome! Keep your smile, thrive on and namaste :)

Painful things, glad to gave given a smile and good luck!!

Thank you for posting @meesterboom.

Great illustrations and how-to-instructions.......and how about that line..'..the suit so sharp it threatened to tear through the fabric of time.' Lovely.

Yes....excellent advise concerning the pipe....hopefully next time...you will recommend the appropriate tobacco for an office setting......there is one....right?

Appreciated the humour.....just what Steemians wanted.

Wishing you and yours all the best. Cheers.

Oh yes @bleujay. In the office one must stick to 'Cherry 'n Sherry' tobacco. Its sweet scent makes absolutely everyone just that little more productive.

Hehe, a big cheers to you and yours!

Hahaha, this is your funniest blog yet I think. I almost spewed out my drink when I read "Perhaps sliding over the desk and kicking one in the neck whilst hurling a throwing star into the others eye?" Genious mate! I'm resteeming this :D

Aw you are a fecking gentleman!! Hehe, I liked that one myself as I was confronted with quite the pair of interviewers and it made me relax hehe!

Oh wow, I didn't know you were looking for a change of scenery. How would you be able to manage that with Boom Baby: The Sequel coming out very soon? You're going to get the position you interviewed for, that's a given, that's why I'm asking.

When I was fresh off the university, I had a hot streak going for me. I nailed every job interview for some reason. There were some when I didn't even try anymore, but I still got the offer. After I spent a while off the market, when I got back into it, my once hot streak flipped and I couldn't close single one. Perhaps I shall follow your advice to the tee so that I can achieve that sweet sweet success. TO THE TEE!

I especially like the hunger bit haha! You see I was sipping tea when I read it but I couldn't help but guffaw. I'm starving for success, I'm thirsty for helping haha!

So instead, when introduced, picture how you would murder your interviewers quickly and efficiently.

Funny you should mention that! I do this some times haha! Other times, I picture I am Tony Stark and they are the ones lucky to be in my presence haha! Though, I have to say that ever since I went on this cold streak, the thought of job interview really gets my nerves tangled in a bunch. It seems that my stomach has become a favorite BnB for them butterflies.

Hehe, it was an internal interview. I don't think I could take the pain of going external at this point in time with baba2 en route!!

I actually really do picture a murder. It makes me smile and feel all relaxed. I have no idea what that says about me ha! :0)

Even better! With internal interviews, you get a chance to see the interviewer everyday, so whatever happens, there's a continuation of the murder scene! That tells you that we are kindred spirits, boomdawg. Never be ashamed of those homicidal urges haha!

I shall be proud!! Maybe I should tell them!! Lolz!

Such wise wise words, I haven't had an interview for a while but I will have to remember your line

The only thing smoking here is my answers.

Absolute class :-)

Haha, its what i thought at one point today if I do say so myself about halfway through mine!

Always keep eyecontact but not while eating a banana ;)

Definitely definitely not!! Lol!

And of course below is a crucial article of your sharp apparel, where at some point - perhaps after you unbutton or remove your over shirt which would be when you decide it's the perfect moment to reveal how smart you are and determine the intelligence level of your would-be boss. If the interviewer should ask "Then what is it?" You will be faced with the decision on whether to explain that it is merely a picture of a pipe at which point you produce the actual pipe....but this route may make the interviewer angry because he knows he's been exposed as a buffoon and likely you will lose your chance for the position. Should you instead shrug your shoulders and tell them your wife/girlfriend/daughter picked it out for you it may now afford you the opportunity of a 'bonding' moment wherein you 'share' a camaraderie over the inexplicable nature and taste of women...at which point you still produce the actual pipe and see if perhaps the joker will put it together, at which point he will say "Oh I see!" And explain it to you, and you'll have a good hearty chuckle and something like "Women, they sure do think they are clever don't they", and of course you now have the job.....

(I didn't sleep a wink last night and drank many, too many cups of coffee hee hee hee)

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Lol, it sounds like you were wired to the moon on that caffeine!! hehe

I concur with the above. I would hope for the latter scenario with such a fine tshirt of piping! :OD

LOL I definitely was, that was a good sized ramble!

Hehe, I saw it first thing this morning and I was like wow!!!! That girl can type!!! ;0) it was a splendid comment though!!

Personally, I like to think of it like I'm the one interviewing the company. I always have questions ready to ask the interviewer to learn more about the position and the business. I like to have fun with it too. I always smile and throw an occasional joke. If they laugh at your jokes, you got the job :P

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That is true, I am quite the subtle joker in interviews myself. I think the key is as you say, be relaxed and engage with them

I should have read this more carefully; the crack pipe didn't go over too well at my interview.

Ah yes, sadly it has not quite caught on. The ravaged appearance that tends to go with the crack'er doesnt tend to command the same respect...

I had an interview hours ago and it got well. But these tips will make me look more confident in front of the interviewer. Thanks!

They sure will, you will be firing off more job applications even when you get that one so you can try them out!