HOW TO PASS A JOB INTERVIEW: The top 10 tips

Learn how to prepare for your job interview with these top tips. This video covers some general points about the best to approach to successfully passing an interview. We also have some additional tips if English is not your first language.
The tips fall into several categories including introductions, body language, what to say and what not to say at the interview. If you are unsure about your English we have some expressions and phrases to help you make the most of your skills.

Your host is Gideon CEO of LetThemTalk in Paris and formerly an IT consultant in London.

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[CoreasHazells]

If you're reading this, your interview is probably tomorrow morning so here's another tip: Watch several of this guy's videos at 1.5x speed. It's still easy to understand and you can cram in even more videos before the interview.

[teamsupreme]

Got my job interview in an hour, you helped me pass my last interview just hoping I pass this one🤞🏼 update: i passed 🥳😍 Thank you 😊

[cipz]

1. start w confidence, 1st 30seconds, smile & strong handshake
2. sit up right, keep eye contact

3. if they ask for drink, ask for water, it ll give ur hands smth to do

& it gives u thinking time

4. ur answers should reflect y u can help the new company, positive spin

5. story w examples that come to life

6. USP = Unique Selling Point

7. learn key phrases, but not super memorised

8. if not in (near)native language, use nuance ("rather" than "a bit")

if interviewer is not language teacher, don t worry about grammar

bc u ve been invited to the interview, while they know u re not a native

[sophiawatson]

This video is excellent! watched it before my interview on Tuesday night before my interview on Wednesday morning.... 1st interview in 7 years.... And I got offered the job yesterday!!!!🙂 🙂 I like your Excellent stuff!!!

[garethevans]

As an employability trainer for a training organisation, these tips are useful, but I'd add: don't answer the questions like you've learned the answers. Show a bit of personality and try to turn what might feel like an interrogation (hint: interviews aren't an interrogation, that's nerves playing tricks) in to a slightly more relaxed chat about you and the company you're applying for. You're interviewer wants to know that you're the type of person who gets along with people and will gel with a team...

[pureblase]

Interviewer:
Me: "I somewhat considerably wholeheartedly agree"

[daniellabutler]

Got an interview in a few hours, thanks for the tips!

update: I passed both the semifinalist, then a few weeks later, the finalist interview - got the job :)

[AsimKhan-qqbl]

Thank you, just got the email from the company, i got the job . i listened to this guy at the last minute, followed all the tips, Boom !! went great . excellent tips .
They already know about your resume, they want to know if you will be a good match for the team, and how you mingle, interact, present yourself, Sell yourself .

[clairevandersluis]

I am a hiring manager at a pediatric hospital in a very specialized field, Flow Cytometry. I appreciated your tips and found them to be good solid advice. I have interviewed many candidates over the last couple of years and have been surprised at some of the basics that get overlooked. I always offer water and it is more frequently declined. The fidgeting and negative talk are both really distracting. Your advice about selling oneself is important. I think candidates forget that we are often interviewing multiple candidates who not only have the same education, but have the same number of years of experience. It becomes even more critical to tells us why should we hire you, what do you bring to the table that sets you apart from the other candidates. It doesn’t always have to be a specific accomplishment either, it could be something as simple as a “can do attitude “ and the willingness to try something different that might set you apart from another candidate. The suggestion to connect on a personal level, could be the thing that gets your name remembered in the candidate review process.

[rodm]

my ex boss was stupid and my colleagues were all bastards. great answer

[Jpolanco]

One tip I would say to all who had an interview, SEND A THANK YOU EMAIL, if you have the hiring manager email of course (he could send you an email confirming the interview before it happened), don’t dig searching for the email if you don’t have it, you could send a voicemail to.

I had my job interview on tuesday, I send my thank you email (not a template, just get ideas but never use one) on thursday about 10 am, and I got a call about 12 pm from the hiring manager offering me an employment offer, I didn’t hesitate and I accepted it :)!

I will start my job on Monday as a C# developer! Foreign english speaker writing here (I’m sure I did some speaking errors in my interview btw).

[praniananda]

So tomorrow i’ll do the interview, thanks for the advice and i hope it can help me to get my dream job. (I’ll update soon) (wish me luck) 🙏🥰

Update: FINALLY I GOT MY DREAM JOB!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Just fyi i’ll start to work in the next week 😍😍😍😍😍

[fhergarciahdez]

Woah!! I got the job after practicing all the things that you mentioned! Usually they ask for a test before hiring someone but they told me that they were confident about my professionalism after talking with me. They even took the time to tell me that they were really impressed by all of my answers.

Thank you very very very much, specially for all the language hacks. English is not my native language, so I was nervous for that. Thank you and I wish you the best in everything !

[minicanology]

Thank you! The interviewer asked me 14 questions and was impressed by all of them. He told me he will email me soon for phase 2!

[lennycarpio]

I have an interview tomorrow. I really need this job, I hope I get it!

[sharmarkeyusuf]

best advice ever, I like when he said"2:33 you want to sound friendly but serious"

[CrazayyxBeautiful]

Watched this video, went for my interview the next day feeling more confident, got a call a week later offering me the job.
THANK YOU.

[allielll]

Thank you soooo much I was much more confident and prepared at my interview due to you.... I got the job at New York Presbyterian Hospital!!!

[idriskabir]

This video is the best i have seen, your tips helped me pass my interview and i got the job. Thanks to you sir!

[miyuden]

They saw my CV they know I don't have the skills, they know I don't have the experience. They invited me anyway. Hah, wish me luck.