I need interview skills help BADLY !!!!

ipconfig.all

Ok, I admit I am not the best person when it comes down to interviews. I have screwed up alot in interviews and lets say for the last 8 or 9 interviews I went to I did not get the job. The only jobs I have being able to get were volunteer deals but I did not have to compete with anyone to get them. I get around 2 face to face interviews a month but I never get hired and I need some advice badly, the technical tests or quizzes in the interview are ok I believe I do well in them but I never get the job !!!! I also decided to wear a suit for the interviews. Any advice? none likes me in the interviews

Ashenwelt

Two odd thoughts.

1. Get a non-tech (or four or five), to give you what they consider to be an interview. Ask them to grade you on a variety of subjects.
2. Get a tech you know to give you what they consider to be an interview. Ask them to grade you on a variety of subjects.

Some grade worthy questions would be:

Are you self assured?
Do you fidget?
Do you answer quickly, without being to verbose?
Near the end, do you ask questions of the company?
Do you ask about money? (I plain don't do this, ever).
Do you keep your eyes from wandering too much?
Did you ask for a business card from the interviewer at the end of the interview?
Did you offer or take a solid shake of the iterviewers hand?
Did you do the right kind of handshake? (Soft or oily skin, light, rough skin solid, woman, over fingers with a light twist, not hard at all, etc.?).

Interviewing is an art. But you build your own techniques. Add to that list.

mikedisd2

Ring them up afterwards and ask if you were lacking in any areas. Straight up ask them if they held reservations about your communication / soft skills. You need to find out what you don't know.

Claymoore

ipconfig.all wrote: »

I also decided to wear a suit for the interviews.

Wait, like you just now decided to start wearing a suit? What were you wearing before?

When I was laid off back in 2002, the first thing I did - before I updated my resume - was to buy a new suit. Putting on a suit is like putting on a uniform and getting ready to take the field, it just changes my whole demeanor. A couple of years ago I was getting ready to begin my job search again and needed to update my shirts and ties. I wound up at Dillards during a semi-annual suit sale. I bought a couple of new suits, some shirts and ties, and was ready for multiple rounds of interviews. I also went home and tried on several old shirts and jackets and got rid of those that no longer fit (I actually donated them to the university where my wife worked because they gave them to students for interviewing). Since then I have added a few more suits to my wardrobe even though I almost never wear them. I might need to meet with the CIO at a client site tomorrow and I don't want my only suit to be in the pile of laundry that I meant to take to the cleaners the week before.

I wear a suit to interviews as a sign of respect to the interviewer. When an person shows up to an interview without a suit I start off with a negative view of them and that may make a difference during the interview. We were interviewing helpdesk candidates at my old company a few years ago and had to hurry back from lunch to make an interview. Someone was filling out paperwork in the lobby in shorts and a t shirt. My boss stopped by HR and told them that if that was our candidate we could send him home now (it wasn't).

I thought this link would be appropriate since it was from TekSystems
Interview Attire for Men - Career Advice from TEKsystems

Some people fear public speaking and get nervous in interviews. There are many ways to overcome this fear, but one way that is accessible to almost all of us is Toastmasters. I am not a member so I can't personally endorse them but I have always heard good opinions from other members. Check out their site and attend a meeting at a local chapter.
Toastmasters International - Ace the Interview!