Mastering the Job Interview and Winning the Money Game (Five O'Clock Club) [Paperback]

Kate Wendleton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 2005 | Series: Five O'Clock Club

Mastering the Job Interview is for every job hunter who wants to ace the interview. It will help the job seeker to turn the job interview into a job offer. It shows the reader how to maximize a salary offer through smart negotiation. It will show the reader how to highlight their strengths and gain more power in the job interview and is complete with tips to start out on the right foot in a new position.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 001 edition (August 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418015008
• ISBN-13: 978-1418015008
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #568,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kate Wendleton is a nationally syndicated career columnist and recognized authority on career development, having appeared on the Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN, CNBC, Larry King, National Public Radio and CBS, and in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, Business Week and other national media. She also advises major corporations about employee career-development programs.


She has been a career coach since 1978, when she founded The Five O'Clock Club' and developed its methodology to help job hunters and career changers of all levels in job-search-strategy groups. This methodology is now used by branches of The Five O'Clock Club, which meet weekly in the U. S. and Canada.

Kate founded and directed The Career Center for seven years, at The New School for Social Research in New York. A former CFO of two small companies, she has 20 years of business-management experience in both manufacturing and service businesses.

She attended Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and received her MBA from Drexel University. She is a popular speaker with groups that include the Wharton Business School Club, the Yale Club and the Columbia Business School Club.

While living in Philadelphia, Kate did long-term volunteer work for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Walnut Street Theatre Art Gallery, United Way, and the YMCA. Kate currently lives in Manhattan.

Wendleton is the author of many Five O'Clock Club books on career-development and job-hunting.

The original Five O'Clock Club was formed in Philadelphia in 1883.
It was made up of the leaders of the day, who shared their experiences
"in a spirit of fellowship and good humor."

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I got the job, thanks to this book!!!!!!!!!!!, June 26, 2009

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Dani - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering the Job Interview and Winning the Money Game (Five O'Clock Club) (Paperback)

This book helped me land the job I wanted, right out of the box. It taught me how to be prepared, and really helped me realize that one of the most important things about interviewing is what you do after the interview. The follow up is extremely vital if you really want the job. The samples and advice in this book are extremely helpful!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, I know how to negotiate the numbers!, November 21, 2010

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Emily B. (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mastering the Job Interview and Winning the Money Game (Five O'Clock Club) (Paperback)

A complete set of The Five O'Clock Club books and a membership in The Five O'Clock Club was given to me earlier this year as part of a layoff package (my entire department was cut), including this book. "Mastering the Job Interview and Winning the Money Game" is the last piece of a complete program that builds from step to step, rather than a standalone book, but even if you take just a few tips from this book here and there, it will be very helpful. In the past, I've been fairly good at writing resumes and interviewing, but I'd never known how to negotiate the numbers. This book demonstrates how it can be done successfully, even for people who tend to be understated.

I used the approach in this book to both negotiate my salary higher and to negotiate my rent lower, which more than covered the entire three thousand dollar package from my former employer. Salary negotiation is a business discussion, like any other business discussion we have on a regular basis either at work or at home. Surprisingly, however, none of my friends knew how to take this approach, so I've been giving out this book as gifts.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have, December 3, 2006

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G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mastering the Job Interview and Winning the Money Game (Five O'Clock Club) (Paperback)

This book is certainly worth its weight in gold. Kate Wendleton may have written her best guide with this one. The information about researching industries and companies before and after interviews is explained in no nonsense language. By being prepared like that one can certainly eliminate competiting interviewers as well as competing thoughts. Insight is also given for those who are looking to do consulting.

I was actually disappointed the book came to an end. There seems to be so much more Kate Wendleton has to offer on this subject. Five Stars.....Try more like 10!