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The golden rule is to get to were ever your interview is at at least 15 mins early so that you have time to go over what you want to say at the interview and also it’ll give you time to try and get the butterflies out of your stomach before walking in. You want to look confident and professional. Remember they want to interview you so theirs something about you that they liked in your resume. You don’t want to be over confident because that you make you seem stand offish. Hopefully this will help you for future interviews and maybe you can pass these advice off to others as well.

I’ll be the first to say it. I have stretched the truth on my resume to try to get a job before and it backfired on me. Never lie on your resume even if it’s just a little lie because it will always come back to bite ya in the end. What you can say at an interview instead of lying by saying you already know how to do a task is to say that you are eager to learn it or are a fast learner. Never lie because if you get caught about the lie you will only hurt your reputation at work.

This should be a no brainier for people, but sadly their are some people that will still wear whatever they want to an interview. You want to make yourself look clean and professional. That means no baggy clothes or clothes that are also too tight either. It’s always a good idea to wear a button down shirt with a suit jacket or sweater as long as it looks nice and professional. If you have any tattoos you will want to hide. For pants you can wear suite pants, khakis or if your a women you could also wear a dress (men please don’t come into an interview with a dress on), just make sure they go with whatever shirt color you pick. Lastly wear nice dress shoes that are not wore or have scuff marks no sneakers even if the job allows sneakers wear a nice pair of dress shoes just for the interview.

Yes i said it you’er going to have to do some homework on the business that wants to interview you. This will make yourself stand out more but it should you put in some time to understand what the company stands for, what your job responsibilities are and also it can help you get ready for any questions that you want to ask, speaking of which. Have questions ready to ask while at the interview and don’t ask questions like how much the pay rate is, but questions like what’s the work environment like or as the person interviewing you how long have they been with the company. Last but not least always email the person that interviewed you with a thank you email, it might not seem that important but it will help you stand out.

We’ve all been their, going to an interview with the feeling of butterflies in your stomach. While some of our interviews have gone great I’m sure each of us has also walked away from an interview not feeling to confident that you’ll get the job. We’ll start of with what to do before an interview and end with the don’ts.