The Interview Kit [Paperback]

Richard H. Beatty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 14, 1995

Leading job-search author Richard H. Beatty brings you proven, practical solutions to every conceivable interview problem.

Now you can walk into any employment interview confident, prepared, and ready to win that job. With The Interview Kit you'll learn how to use classic sales techniques to make sure that the interviewer is seeing the very best you have to offer. In this comprehensive and practical guide, job-search expert Richard H. Beatty leads you step-by-step through the interview process. You'll also benefit from Beatty's objective appraisal of job candidates, developed over nearly 30 years as a corporate employment professional. You'll discover how to:

• Develop an interview strategy that sets you apart from the herd of job seekers
• Control the interview to your advantage
• Maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses
• Conduct mid-interview damage control—learn helpful tips and tricks to avoid traps and pitfalls
• Research a potential employer's products, marketing strategy, management style, and financial picture
• Take the initiative and ask penetrating questions that impress employers
• Sell yourself in the interview

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Career authority Beatty presents a powerful sales strategy that can be used in any interview situation. He describes how to take control of the interview by encouraging prospective employers to discuss their criteria before you concentrate on your skills. Offers excellent insight on how to answer the 500 toughest interview questions and includes tips on getting past bad responses from former employers.

From the Back Cover

OVER 600,000 BEATTY CAREER GUIDES SOLD
* 5 sure-fire strategies for winning interviews
* Great answers to over 500 tough interview questions
* How to use the interview to enchance your negotiating position

Never be tongue-tied or caught off guard! America's #1 job expert shows you how to sail like a pro through any employment interview

Your resume has done its job and you got the call to interview for that fantastic position you hoped for. Now comes the hard part-the interview. Don't worry! With the help of this book, you can walk into any employment interview confident, prepared, and ready to win that job.

Bestselling job-search guru Richard Beatty has shown thousands of job seekers how to navigate the employment maze successfully. In The Interview Kit, he helps you prepare for the interview, the stage of the process many candidates find the most daunting. In this practical, reassuring guide, you'll learn how to use proven sales techniques to make sure that the interviewer sees the very best you have to offer. You'll go step-by-step through the interview process, discovering how to:
* Develop an interview strategy that sets you apart from the herd of job seekers
* Research a potential employer's products, marketing strategy, management style, and financial picture
* Control the interview to your advantage
* Maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses
* Handle the toughest questions
* Conduct mid-interview damage control-including helpful tips and tricks to avoid traps and pitfalls
* Take the initiative and ask penetrating questions that impress employers
* Sell yourself in the interview

Featuring a new chapter on Negotiating Strategy, The Interview Kit is your personal coach for handling anything an interview can throw at you and leaving the kind of lasting positive impression that wins jobs! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 14, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471124044
• ISBN-13: 978-0471124047
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,176,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stategies for Winning the Interview, January 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Interview Kit (Paperback)

This book is extremely helpful in formulating strategies designed to help you win in the interview. Particularly helpful were the "performance voids" strategy and the "perfect candidate" strategy. Both are powerful techniques for helping you turn the interview around! Also, the chapter on "damage control in the interview" shows you how to handle negative information and shift the negative into a positive! This alone is well worth the price of the book! This is definitely a "must read" for the serious job seeker who wants to end up with the job offer! Great book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent resource for selling yourself in the interview, August 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Interview Kit (Paperback)

Excellent resource for all types of potential questions. Easy format to follow and practice with. Applicable to a wide variety of job classifications. Provides both confidence and self-esteem. Recommended to anyone who is weak in the interview phase of recruitment.

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful!, March 1, 2004

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This review is from: The Interview Kit (Paperback)

Job-finding expert Richard H. Beatty approaches a job interview like a general planning a battle. He talks strategy, from preparation to planning to execution. The target: making a good impression. He provides tips on what to do to win the job and how to avoid making mistakes that doom the interview and plunge you into instant defeat. While some suggestions seem like common sense, you can't have too much of that in a competitive market. The book is particularly strong in its coverage of specific questions to anticipate and the types of responses to offer. We recommend this book to people who just showed up in the job market and to those in the early stages of waging this war. Most well-established job soldiers already command these skills - otherwise they'd be on the sidelines.