Check Your Interview Readiness I.Q.

If you can respond in the affirmative to each of the following statements, you should be well prepared to face the job interview. A solid, unequivocal "yes" to each statement should give you confidence that you will interview well.  

 1. I know what I do well and enjoy doing

• Yes
• No 

 2. I can describe to another person in a concise statement what work I want to do

• Yes
• No

 3. I have prepared a minimum of 50 examples of my effectiveness (past accomplishments.)

• Yes
• No 

 4. I can talk specifically about what I can do for this employer by selecting the appropriate example(s) of my past accomplishments (Taken from my examples of effectiveness.)

• Yes
• No 

 5. I have kept abreast of developments in the industry in which the job I want exists by reading:
     general news magazines (Time, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek)

• Yes
• No 

     business publications (Fortune, Forbes)

• Yes
• No 

     industry publications specific to my targeted job

•  Yes
• No 

 6. I have gathered information about the company/government agency where I will be interviewing by:
 • investigating the company/agency Website

• Yes
• No 

 • talking with people who work there

• Yes
• No