Interviews can be daunting for some and after a lot of hard work and good preparation, all it takes is one mistake for you to ruin your chances. To help you not ruin your chances, below are the common mistakes made at interviews. We hope that by informing you of them, you can avoid them and do well in your interviews. Good Luck!
(1) Arriving at the interview unprepared for what is about to happen
(2) Having a sloppy appearance or too relaxed an attitude to the interview
(3)Not showing any excitement about or enthusiasm for the job role
(4) Not seeming to understand the requirements of the job properly
(5) Not showing that they have not fully considered all aspects of the vacancy e.g. indicating dislike for paperwork when it is clear that it will form a large part of the job role
(6) Not answering the questions fully & giving answers that are too brief
(7) Being vague about details & just providing lots of unstructured waffle in their answers
(8) Not being clear about their skills & abilities i.e. being too vague or modest
(9) Seemingly overly concerned with what they can get from the job rather than conveying exactly what they are offering to the job role
(10) Using pretentious language or jargon instead of normal speech
(1) Arriving at the interview unprepared for what is about to happen
(2) Having a sloppy appearance or too relaxed an attitude to the interview
(3)Not showing any excitement about or enthusiasm for the job role
(4) Not seeming to understand the requirements of the job properly
(5) Not showing that they have not fully considered all aspects of the vacancy e.g. indicating dislike for paperwork when it is clear that it will form a large part of the job role
(6) Not answering the questions fully & giving answers that are too brief
(7) Being vague about details & just providing lots of unstructured waffle in their answers
(8) Not being clear about their skills & abilities i.e. being too vague or modest
(9) Seemingly overly concerned with what they can get from the job rather than conveying exactly what they are offering to the job role
(10) Using pretentious language or jargon instead of normal speech