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Let us go through some of my experience on my last job interview.
Interview Preparations | My Experience and Lessons Learnt
When I receive a call from the company I applied for a job, I knew this has to be it, the invitation for the interview. A lady greeted me nicely and told me that I was invited for interview for the position I applied for. She told me the date, time and venue to go to. After handing the phone, I knew I had to do some preparations. But my preparations has not started here, it started when I saw the advertisement. I have to do some adjustment on my CV.
CV Adjustment
When I saw the job advertisement, I studied the requirement carefully and I instantly knew that I have to do some adjustments. I have a degree in communication science but the job advertisement shows that the company is looking for a candidate with grade 12 also known as matric. So instead of bombarding the employer with my tertiary qualification, I decided to only mention the qualification they were looking for. This is to avoid being seen as over qualified for the positions. I rearranged my CV to fit the position they advertised. I did not add the qualifications I do not posses but I only omitted the tertiary qualifications because they were not required for this job.
Job Interview Preparation
The first thing I did was to research more about the company since it was not familiar to me. I found out about the job interview when I was searching a website called findhere.co.za. So, I did more search about the company, when where they established, what they deal with and how they operate. This was done in order to respond with confident if ever they were going to ask me about their company. Continue reading here.