Interview Magic: Job Interview Secrets from America's Career and Life Coach (Paperback)

by Susan Britton Whitcomb (Author)

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An amazing and comprehensive resource for effectively marketing and presenting yourself to get the job you always wanted! -- Lori Davila, executive career and networking coach and author of How to Choose the Right Person for the Right Job Every Time

An amazing and comprehensive resource for effectively marketing and presenting yourself to get the job you always wanted! -- Lori Davila, executive career and networking coach and author of How to Choose the Right Person for the Right Job Every Time<br /><br />Few career books offer the significant, meaningful advice and suggestions, page after page, as evidenced in Interview Magic. -- Dennis R. Coulon, Career Services Office, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA<br /><br />Filled with tips, exercises, and more, this book takes the reader from the preparation stage to signing the offer. -- Carole Martin, Interview Coach.com; author, Boost Your Interview IQ<br /><br />Interview Magic is a comprehensive life guide with powerful strategies, exercises, and tools for navigating the career management process. -- Laura A. DeCarlo, President, Professional Resume Writing & Research Association; author, Interviewing: The Gold Standard<br /><br />Interview Magic is an excellent book for any job seeker. -- Augustin H. Parker, Career Solutions, Marblehead, MA<br /><br />Interview Magic is an excellent book. It is extensive and fully thorough in its instruction on the interview process. -- Paul M. Armstrong, Deputy Assistant Director, Butler County (Ohio) Workplace<br /><br />One of the finest and definitely the most user-friendly book on interviewing that I've ever read. -- Wendy S. Enelow, CCM, MRW, JCTC, CPRW, Author and Founder/Past President, Career Masters Institute<br /><br />The first chapter alone is worth the price of admission. -- Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler, coauthors and recruiting technology consultants, CareerXroads<br /><br />This is a book that I am glad to add to my reference library. It offers insightful interview strategies. -- Bridget Ann Weide, CPRW, Editor, Resume Writers Digest<br /><br />Whitcomb goes beyond the basic questions asked to the tougher ones and how to handle them. --Ellen Tevault, librarian, Indiana State Library

Few career books offer the significant, meaningful advice and suggestions, page after page, as evidenced in Interview Magic. -- Dennis R. Coulon, Career Services Office, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA

Filled with tips, exercises, and more, this book takes the reader from the preparation stage to signing the offer. -- Carole Martin, Interview Coach.com; author, Boost Your Interview IQ

Interview Magic is a comprehensive life guide with powerful strategies, exercises, and tools for navigating the career management process. -- Laura A. DeCarlo, President, Professional Resume Writing & Research Association; author, Interviewing: The Gold Standard

Interview Magic is an excellent book for any job seeker. -- Augustin H. Parker, Career Solutions, Marblehead, MA

Interview Magic is an excellent book. It is extensive and fully thorough in its instruction on the interview process. -- Paul M. Armstrong, Deputy Assistant Director, Butler County (Ohio) Workplace

One of the finest and definitely the most user-friendly book on interviewing that I've ever read. -- Wendy S. Enelow, CCM, MRW, JCTC, CPRW, Author and Founder/Past President, Career Masters Institute

The first chapter alone is worth the price of admission. -- Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler, coauthors and recruiting technology consultants, CareerXroads

This is a book that I am glad to add to my reference library. It offers insightful interview strategies. -- Bridget Ann Weide, CPRW, Editor, Resume Writers Digest

Whitcomb goes beyond the basic questions asked to the tougher ones and how to handle them. -- Ellen Tevault, librarian, Indiana State Library --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
Interview Magic 2nd Edition is a companion to the very successful Resume Magic and Cover Letter Magic. More than an interview how-to, this "career dictionary" holds A-to-Z secrets from America's most trusted career coach. Future-proof your career as you learn to provide value to employers, create a memorable career brand, quadruple your interview opportunities, tap into the most overlooked interview "must," demonstrate your ability to do the job, and bottom-line the return-on-investment employers will receive for hiring you. In addition, identify your Achilles Heel and maintain a mindset that will increase your confidence and success.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: JIST Works; 2 edition (July 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593575726
• ISBN-13: 978-1593575724
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #82,156 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, May 2, 2007

By	R. Tarr (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Interview Magic: Job Interview Secrets From America's Career and Life Coach (Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource. After almost a year of job hunting, I bought this book, put its suggestions into practice, and within a month I had the interview that got me a job in my field. This book helps you generate a bank of success stories focusing on your experience, education, and skills, and shows you how to use them to best showcase yourself in an interview. It provides many example interview questions, and teaches you how to use your stories to answer those questions well, rather than offering canned responses that make all candidates sound the same. Finally, this book goes beyond interview questions and answers to cover other aspects (such as demeanor and attitude) that have a big impact on the impression you give a prospective employer. If you're job hunting, this book is your best investment.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Excellence, October 27, 2007

By	Laura Grazioli (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Interview Magic: Job Interview Secrets From America's Career and Life Coach (Paperback)

If you want to master interviews, this is the book for you!! It is concise, easy to read, and what I like best is that it is also a workbook. Hands on, roll up your sleeves and begin your job search journey. I have been out of the job search arena after losing my position of ten years, and this book has been a life saver. I have bought all the books by Susan Whitcomb and it has been a wonderful and useful investment.

11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, March 2, 2005

By	TheCafeWriter (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Interview Magic: Job Interview Secrets From America's Career and Life Coach (Paperback)

This book takes a comprehensive approach to preparing for, succeeding during, and following up an interview. The structure is to plan it like a marketing campaign and then sell yourself - not so much as a logical point-counterpoint list of qualifications but rather appealing to the emotional side of interviewing as well. I like the rather wholistic approach, particularly how the planning component can boost your confidence going into the interview.