Job Interviews

[soloblue]

Can anyone answer this question? I have been for about 225 interviews, jobs I know Im qualified to do but even when the interview seems to go well and I have asked lots of questions and tried to give a good account of myself, at the end of the interview I always get this remark " Are there any questions you would like to ask" I always feels theres a magic formula to that question. Has anyone else had this experience? Needless to say I dont get the jobs. Is there something I should be asking? What do others say?

[jackaitch]

Jan 13, 2012 15:07:59 GMT -1 soloblue said:

Can anyone answer this question? I have been for about 225 interviews, jobs I know Im qualified to do but even when the interview seems to go well and I have asked lots of questions and tried to give a good account of myself, at the end of the interview I always get this remark " Are there any questions you would like to ask" I always feels theres a magic formula to that question. Has anyone else had this experience? Needless to say I dont get the jobs. Is there something I should be asking? What do others say?

I do believe that employer,s want to hear that the person being interviewed "wants to work" not just looking for a job...I applied
for several jobs ...told...we will call you....then I changed my approach...telling the HR person that I could fit into their organization as I was willing to work...starting at the bottom if
required..etc etc....once aboard it,s up to you.

Best of Luck my friend!!!!!

[climb57 93/20]

it was i lot different in my day, i am an engineer universal grinder) if there was a vacancy for a grinder we phoned up directly , if it was still available , went down to the firm, had the interview got the job or not depending on how it went.

[southampton]

In every job advert there are 'key' words, for example if within the advert it states "experience of working shifts" the key word is shifts, or if the advert states " must be able to work in a team" the key word is 'team' so in the two examples above I would ask lots of questions like "would the shifts be subject to last minute changes" or "if there are different jobs within the 'team' will I be trained up in all these jobs in order to be able to cover for holidays/sickness etc?" make them note that you are aware of just what is important to the job.
take a really good look at the way the advert is worded and suss out those very important 'key' words.

[elainegregory]

I agree with southampton, look for key words, and then at the end say I think you have already answered the other questions in your opening speach, bluff is the answer, make them believe they are right in what they do, a little bit of bull **** never hurt anyone,
GOOD LUCK

[cabbyjohn]

In a previous life part of my duties were to interview unskilled/semi skilled job applicants. If they had reached the stage of being interviewed they had obviously presented something in their Application form/CV that had pushed them forward to the interview stage. Quite often I knew within a minute or two If I was likely to be employing them. Appearance being a major factor. If somebody had taken the trouble to appear clean and tidy, ( A basic requisite for a job interview surely)? Also, If they had taken a bit of time to find out something about the company, and what we did, and appeared to be keen. Then they were nearly home and dry.

I might add that after I was made redundant I applied for and didn't get many jobs that I was more than capable of doing. I had a good CV, I dressed smartly, I asked a lot of the right questions, yet still didn't get the job. I suspect in some cases I was over confident and it came through as me being a smart Alec. The point is, don't despair or give up, jobs are a lot scarcer to come by nowadays than they were in my day, but as they say"Who dares wins" Good luck.

[soloblue]

Thanks for everyone who replied. Still havent had any luck on the job front

[jackaitch]

Do not give up Soloblue...Think positive!!!!