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The Perfect Interview: How to Get the Job You Really Want

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This book is only 200 pages and can be read in a day or two. It is well organized. The first section is how to locate that perfect job and land an interview. Drake makes suggestions for networking, employment agencies, and executive search firms, with examples of contact letters and other great materials. He then takes you into the interview prep phase. He starts with helping you look right - professional, prepared, and confident. The next sections take you through the interview process, and he goes through the 10 "standard questions" asked by interviewers. "Tell me about yourself" "What are you strengths/weaknesses" and so forth. I throughly enjoyed how he assists you in forumlating the proper responses so they are professional and you feel confident. He then assists you in follow-ups, and the much desired negotiation phase. Drake helps you to be prepared from start to finish with this book. You MUST go through his skill builders as these are key to being prepared, confident, and winning that perfect job. I strongly recommend this book to all in the job market, whether it be administrative, technical, or other. I won my first interview and got the job I had dreamed of. The others did not answer as confidently as I did, nor did they state thier answers in a professional and knowledgeable manner. I owe my new job to this book. Be prepared, be professional, and be confident. Read this book, do the skill builders on paper and go over them. This is one book that will help you land that perfect career. Good luck!

The perfect interview was exactly the book I needed. It showed me how to present my personality qualitities and job experience in a way that makes a positive impact. During my recent interview (after reading the book) I felt relaxed and confident because knew what I was going to say and how to say it. And, best of all: I got the job!

The Perfect Interview is the interviewing book I recommend to all my outplacement clients.It clearly explains what applicants must do to make the most positive interview impact. In addition, the book provides practical exercices for developing skills to optimally respond to the interviewer's questions.

This book saves me countless hours in coaching my clients. They say that the book is easy-to-read and really helps them understand what it takes to successfully convey their skills and positive personal qualities.

This book was recommended to me by my brother and I learned a lot from it..I would recommend this book for any young professional trying to land a nice job. The skills you learn from this book will be with you forever!

This book was a good resource to prep myself for some upcoming interviews. This book does a great job of help you plan ahead about how you should sell yourself and bring attention to your traits that best fit with the position you are interviewing for. I have loaned this book out several times and would recommend it for anyone who is on the search for a job.

I consider "The Perfect Interview" as a great reference text while job searching specifically in the context of the interview process. I have found that the text does an excellent job of: focusing interviewee's job search; preparing interviewees for the interviews, and explaining the interview context such that the interviewee would be more successful in the interview process. I found that even though this text is over ten years old, the book is written on a strong framework that I believe is helpful to any entry professional job seeker.

The strongest point of the text in my opinion is the skill building exercises, which help assist the interviewee highlight their best attributes to interviewers. Improvement that I would like to see in a revision (or sequel) of the text would be that the text should elaborate more on methods of obtaining interviews (chapters 2 & 3) and electronic methods of optimizing a job search.

Many candidates mistakenly think that if they only get the interview their personality and speaking skills will seal the deal. As a result, they do not practice or put their best foot forward. The book is a great tool for the experienced executive, inside candidate or new graduate - everyone benefits from evaluating their unique fit for a postion using the structure and advice set forth by Drake. There is nothing like taping yourself answering the 10 most common questions to appreciate your opportunity to clarify your value proposition.

I have used this book personally and given it to my friends and colleagues - who have used it. I know of no one who has used this book and not been offered the job.

I would highly recommend this book for job interviewing preparation. Also recommended for job interview preparation are the job interview guides published by Vault.com, including the Vault Guide to the Case Interview and the Vault Guide to Finance Interviews. Good luck!