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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LAST IMPRESSION
We dedicated Chapter 2 to the first impression. We will dedicate this last part of the book to the last impression that you will leave on your interviewer and that they shouldn’t forget.
In the previous chapter we discussed what you could ask the interviewer, subject that we put at the end, not by chance. It is at the end of the interview when you can ask questions. Once you have asked what you wanted to know, the interviewer will, for sure, make the closure of the interview. Then, what is your role?
You should close your part as well making reference to some information that came out during the meeting, for example about the company, about future plans, saying what you would see yourself well among them and, something that is really important, making the interviewer know your interest in the position.
“Coincidentally with what you have told me, I feel a player of the team, so I think that I will integrate well to this company.” “I have always been interested in working in small companies, I feel I can contribute a lot in them.” “Moving to another city is a project that me and my wife have been discussing for years; I think this can be a great opportunity.”
And, above all of the other things, if you are really interested in the position, communicate it.
You will choose the most adequate words for the situation and your language, we have only given you examples.
Complement your comments with a warm handshake a direct look and a last greeting: “Mr./Mrs./Miss… I hope we will meet again soon / I will be waiting for your phone call / etc.
Remember the rules about things that shouldn’t be done, which we see in Chapter 13; don’t take attributions even if the interview was cordial.
DON’T WASTE THE OPPORTUNITY OF
GIVING A GOOD LAST IMPRESSION
EPILOGUE
BASIC RULES TO FAIL AN INTERVIEW
Preparing a dark, incomprehensible curriculum, with too little or too much information. Choosing advertisements that don’t match the instruction and/or experience of the interviewee. Irreparably waste a good contact net. Writing confusing or not very representative presentation letters of oneself. Having an elaborated speech prepared, that minimizes the strong points and maximizes the weak ones. Managing abstract concepts without being able to picture them of personify then at any moment. Speaking in plural in a way that attributes and achievements can be referred to oneself and get evanesced in some group. Knowing nothing about the company or the advisory in which you are having your first encounter. Not worrying about your personal appearance, forgetting that presentation speaks to people, even before opening your mouth. Greeting the interviewer contemptuously or uninterestingly or not looking at them in the eyes when you maintain a dialogue. Speaking in a confusing or incorrect way. Showing a negative, pessimist, anxious or uninterested attitude. Sabotaging the timing of the interview. These situations, as others, have logical and psychological times not precisely rigid, but reasonably established.
If you read this book carefully and apply our suggestions, you will surely smile when reading them. What is to succeed in an interview? Nothing less and nothing more than getting them to call you for the next one and, at the end of the process, offer you the job.
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