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32 common interviewing mistakes you should avoid
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The list below provides an insightful list of the most common mistakes interviewers make. The list is based on reports from 153 executive search firms.
1. Tardiness
2. Poor or casual personal appearance
3. Lack of interest and enthusiasm: Passive and indifferent
4. Over emphasis on money: interested only in best dollar offer, benefits, hours and vacation
5. Condemnation of past employers
6. Failure to look at the interviewer when conversing
7. Limp, fishy handshake
8. Unwillingness to go where sent
9. Late to interview
10. Failure to express appreciation for interviewer’s time
11. Asks no questions about job or company
12. Indefinite response to questions
13. Overbearing, over aggressive, conceited with superiority or “know it all complex.”
14. Inability to express self clearly: Poor voice diction, grammar
15. Lack of planning for career: no purpose and goals
16. Lack of confidence and poise: nervous and ill at ease
17. Failure to participate in activities
18. Unwilling to start at the bottom-expects too much too soon
19. Makes excuses, evasive, hedges on unfavorable factors in record
20. Lack of tact
21. Lack of courtesy: ill mannered
22. Lack of Maturity
23. Lack of vitality
24. Indecision and hesitation
25. Sloppy application, not fully completed or putting see resume
26. Merely shopping around seeking a counter offer
27. Wants job for short time
28. No interest in company or industry
29. Low moral standards
30. Intolerant: strong prejudices
31. Narrow interests
32. Inability to take criticism
Date Added: Feb 26, 2010 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0
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