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		<title>Dos and donts in a job interview for marketing position</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sridhar Jammalamadaka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch below an interesting video recording of an interview for a marketing position. Here are few important dos and donts that can be drawn from this video.  Make a mental note of these points before appearing for a job interview. Dos Convert negative to positive The lady being interviewed in the video hails from a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watch below <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN0SLzFNpDs">an interesting video</a> recording of an interview for a marketing position.</p>
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<p>Here are few important dos and donts that can be drawn from this video.  Make a mental note of these points before appearing for a job interview.</p>
<h2>Dos</h2>
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<li><strong>Convert negative to positive</strong><span id="more-639"></span><br />
The lady being interviewed in the video hails from a farm. In the second version of her interview where she does well, she puts across a point that she earned the qualities of being a straight talker, knows to work in a team and has the ability to plan rough conditions ahead owing to have grown up in a farm. This is how you convert a weak point into a strength.</li>
<li><strong>Ask interesting questions</strong><br />
Come prepared with a list of questions to be asked at the end of the interview. Ask questions that make you sound interested in the job rather than asking about paid leaves or other allowances. You could ask about career opportunities, growth and responsibilities.</li>
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<h2>Donts</h2>
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<li><strong>Don&#8217;t be desperate</strong><br />
Don&#8217;t show verbally or in actions that you are desperately looking for a job. Remember that recruiters avoid candidates who show desperateness to get a job. They tend to attribute the candidate&#8217;s over-interest to unfitness for securing a job elsewhere.</li>
<li><strong>Don&#8217;t complain </strong><br />
The lady in the interview introduces herself with a complaint. She tries to rationalize her delay in turning up to the interview by blaming the unclear instructions given by the employer to her. Later in the video, she blames her previous employer for not valuing her work. Don&#8217;t talk such things. It gives a really bad feeling about you to the interviewer.</li>
<li><strong>Don&#8217;t tell your negatives</strong><br />
Know your negative points yourself first before doing the interview. It could be anything ranging from a gap in career to scoring poor grades in college to not having relevant experience. Avoid speaking about your weak points yourself. Would you buy a cola drink if they had advertised that their product contained pesticides and fats?</li>
<li><strong>Don&#8217;t assert without evidence</strong><br />
You should be able to reason out why you are the best candidate for the job. Simply asserting statements that you are &#8220;a committed person with excellent work ethic&#8221; does not help. Try to give evidences from your previous experiences when you excelled at work. Support your statements with proofs.</li>
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		<title>Should you take up a job offer or not? Ask your dogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sridhar Jammalamadaka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a real life funny story of an unemployed person rejecting job offer that offered him a handsome raise of salary. He turned down the offer as his dogs told him not to relocate to a place an hour away from his house. He comes back after six months and tells the recruiter that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a real life funny story of an unemployed person rejecting job offer that offered him a handsome raise of salary. He turned down the offer as his dogs told him not to relocate to a place an hour away from his house. He comes back after six months and tells the recruiter that his dogs were wrong and wanted to know if the job was still there. <span id="more-595"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7J18KEww38">Here is the video</a><br />
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<p><em>Have you rejected any job for such weird reasons. Do comment below. </em></p>
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