Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.144
EAN: 9781402203855
ISBN: 1402203853
Label: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2005-05-01
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Studio: Sourcebooks, Inc.

"As valuable for the executive going into her umpteenth interview as for the college grad seeking his first real job."
-Richard Zackson, Business Coach, Professional Coaching Network

In today's job market, how you perform in an interview can make or break your hiring possibilities. If you want to stand a head above the rest of the pack, 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions is the definitive guide you need to the real, and sometimes quirky, questions employers are using to weed out candidates.

Do you know the best answers to:

--It looks like you were fired twice. How did that make you feel?
--Do you know who painted this work of art?
--What is the best-managed company in America?
--If you could be any product in the world, what would you choose?
--How many cigars are smoked in a year?
--Are you a better visionary or implementer? Why?

Leaning on her own years of experience and the experiences of more than 5,000 recent candidates, Vicky Oliver shows you how to finesse your way onto a company's payroll.

"Everything I always wanted to know about job interviews but was afraid to be asked."
-Claude Chene, Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development, U.K. and Europe, Sanford Bernstein & Co.

Customer Rating:
Summary: I loved This Book!!
Comment: Whether you are a seasoned professional or a student just entering the job market, this book has all the answers to tough interview questions in easy to follow question and answer format. This is a must have for those looking to score a job! There are answers to questions that you may never hear in an interview, but if you do you'll be ready with the right answer. If you are looking for a job, you need this book!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Interviewing Advice
Comment: This book is packed with smart and savvy career advice about how to position yourself in the best light, whether you're interviewing for a new job, or answering questions about yourself for new bosses or team members at your current company. Vicky Oliver covers all the bases with common sense and encouragement, providing sample responses that are clear and easy to apply to your own situation. She also puts what can be a high stress situation into perspective, dispensing light humor along with her logical "how to's" and facts.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not just what but why
Comment: Vicky Oliver not only gives you hundreds of questions interviewers ask - she tells you why they ask them, and what your answers say about you. Once you understand that, you can tailor your answers to your own personal situation and still be sure of making the right impression.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great help for real-world interviews.
Comment:
This book is extremely helpful and, I think, unique among books about job interviewing. Most job interviewing guides tell you to straighten your tie, smile and comb your hair before going on an interview. Once you reach a certain point in your career, you really don't need to be told these things. What this book does is it helps you with real-world job interview problems, such as, in my case, how to explain the two years I took off in my late 20's; and why I stayed in the same job for seven years without getting a promotion. If you have a tricky issue in your job history that you want to cast in the best light on an interview, this is the only book for you.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Molon Labe!
Comment: They guarded the pass of Thermopylae, slightly over 300 (scholars today believe the extra one may be Ephialtes) ferocious and heavily armed questions, determined to keep out the immense horde of Persian job applicants, seeking to take over the Greek mainland by securing positions in middle management in large numbers. This seminal text on a major historical event by Ms. Oliver, as an allegory for our time, juxtaposes our usual depiction of the Greek defenders as heroes by making the reader identify far more strongly with the uncertain lot of the Persian interviewees, brought to Thermopylae not by revenge or glory but simply by the desire to do their job and maybe better their condition just a little bit.

Ultimately, of course, the Persian invaders were successful in getting their jobs, as no doubt readers of this book will hope to be. But even so, like us, the Persian invasion of Greece met its demise in the very end, and perhaps that is the real tragedy of the book: even in moments of crowning achievement, the inevitable finality that awaits us all lurks on the horizon.

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