Self study “How to apply for a dream job successfully?”

5. Make your first impressions count at the interview:

• 5. Make your first impressions count at the interview:
• If you’ve been invited to a video or face-to-face interview, you must do these things:
• Present in professional attire, and with neat grooming
• Make the first 30-seconds count (some research shows that they may have already made up their minds in that period)
• Remember, you’re being assessed the moment you walk in the door, not just during the interview
• Remember some simple techniques to learn the names of the panel members and do thank them for their time and interest in you
• Don’t be pressured into a salary figure if asked. Instead, give a range and do your research on the market rates for similar roles
• Practice your STAR answers to STAR questions. These questions involve:

The Situation or Task you were involved in

• The Situation or Task you were involved in
• The Action you took
• And the Results you obtained (and what you would do differently next time if the result wasn’t exactly what you were after).
• This question style is often called behavioural interviewing and is based on the idea that past performance is the best predictor of future performance. The good news is that you can prepare in advance for these and a good place to find them is in your achievements in your resume.

6. Follow the recruiter or the employer up if you don’t hear back in a reasonable time:

• 6. Follow the recruiter or the employer up if you don’t hear back in a reasonable time:
• It is perfectly professional if you do this without sounding desperate or pushy. A professional will want to know where they stand, particularly if the employer or recruiter has given an expected time-frame for a result.
• Unfortunately, many employers and recruiters have many competing demands placed upon them, but really, there is no excuse for them to not let you know where they are at in the process.