{"id":472,"date":"2025-02-14T08:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2025-02-14T08:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:47:19","slug":"prepare-for-your-interview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/prepare-for-an-interview\/prepare-for-your-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for your Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Prepare for your Interview\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you do the job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want to do the job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you the right person for the team?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"before-the-interview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before the Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read the job description. How does it relate to your skills and experiences?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research the company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepare examples to demonstrate your skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the SAR format to outline your skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"during-the-interview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">During the Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be polite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintain eye contact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give a firm handshake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch for movements that may show your discomfort<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"after-the-interview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">After the Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Did you:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Send a personalized note to the interviewer(s) to express your gratitude and reiterate your interest in the position and the company<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maintain eye contact?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have good posture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appear confident, enthusiastic and interested?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide examples of your skills?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you do the job? Do you want to do the job? Are you the right person for the team? Before the Interview During the Interview After the Interview Did you: Send a personalized note to the interviewer(s) to express your gratitude and reiterate your interest in the position and the company Maintain eye contact? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"parent":178,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14],"class_list":["post-472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}