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Getting To The Interview Stage, But
Not Proceeding Further?
If you are getting invited to interview you can safely assume
that, on paper, employers consider you capable of doing the
jobs for which you have applied.
There are two areas to consider here – are you able to back
up and substantiate in person the messages you have given in
your applications, and are you presenting a professional,
confident image at interview?
The most valuable information to obtain at this stage would
be feedback from companies that have interviewed you. Try
phoning them when you have received a rejection letter –
often people are more willing to provide feedback over the
phone than in writing. They may say no, but you will not
lose anything by politely approaching them. If they are open
to a discussion then ask them if they could tell you why you
were rejected and what you could do to be a more impressive
candidate next time.
You can also think about doing a personal review of your
interview performance. Identify the questions that you were
less certain about answering and plan how you could answer
them better. During the interview, consider the comments you
made. Ask yourself with hindsight whether you could have
done better.
Obviously once you have thought about your past interviews
you will want to start looking forward to gaining more
interviews and making sure that your performance improves.
Don’t feel too disheartened as each interview that you do
will make a contribution to improving your performance and
confidence at the next interview.
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