Boost Your Interview IQ 2/E
A Breakthrough System for Showing That You Are the Best Person for the Job
Exercise: A Sample Test Question
PART I The Interview IQ Test: Test Your Interview IQ—Questions and Answers
Take the Test and Rate Your Interviewing Ability
IQ Test Instructions
The Test: Frequently Asked Interview Questions
The Interview IQ Test: General Questions
Behavioral Interview Questions
The Interview IQ Test: Behavioral Questions
Interview IQ Scorecard: What’s Your Interview IQ Score?
PART II The Surefire Way to Boost Your Score
Unlocking the Secrets to Successful Interviewing
Step 1. Understanding Today’s Interviewing Techniques
Step 2. Identifying the Key Factors of the Job
Step 3. Writing Your Success Stories by Using Key Factors
Step 4. Understanding the Keys to Success
PART III Management and Executives
The Interview IQ Test: Management and Executives Questions
Interview IQ Scorecard: What’s Your Interview IQ Score?
PART IV Career Changers and Reentry
The Interview IQ Test: Career Changers and Reentry Questions
Interview IQ Scorecard: What’s Your Interview IQ Score?
PART V Students and New Graduates
The Interview IQ Test: Students and New Graduates Questions
Interview IQ Scorecard: What’s Your Interview IQ Score?
Index
The ultimate guide to acing any interview —revised and updated to give you the edge in today’s competitive job market
Job interviews aren’t discussions; they’re oral exams—and the candidate with all the right answers gets the job. Boost Your Interview IQ, Second Edition, helps you ace that big test with skill-building exercises, an in-depth “Interview IQ” test, and other resources to let you craft winning answers to the most important questions interviewers ask.
In these pages, you’ll discover ways to present your experiences in a compelling narrative that showcases your skills, knowledge, and personality—and you’ll learn the right way to answer tricky “behavioral” questions like a pro. Plus you’ll get interview strategies custom tailored to the needs of management/executive-level candidates, new graduates, career changers, and people reentering the market.
In today’s tough job market, the best-prepared candidate wins—and in this economy you’re going to need every advantage to set you apart from the pack. Boost Your Interview IQ is the book that delivers the right tools to do the job of GETTING the job.