Get the Interview Every Time: Proven Strategies from Fortune 500 Hiring Professionals

by Brenda Greene

In a competitive job market, how do you get your resume to stand out among hundreds of others? How do you make a connection with the nameless, faceless people who have the power to hire? Once you get your foot in the door with an interview, how do you secure your foothold and get the offer?

Author Brenda Greene surveyed 60+ Fortune 500 hiring managers and human resource executives to get you the answers - and the interview. Packed with sample resumes and cover letters that represent what hiring managers, directors, and vice presidents want to see, "Get the Interview Every Time" provides job seekers with the confidence to know they can create a message that stands out - and get the interview.

Fully updated and expanded with advice on how to get the interview and then what to do in the interview process - "Get the Interview Every Time" breaks down the monumental task of landing an interview into a series of manageable steps, easy to understand and inspiring to follow. Designed to transform confused, disheartened job applicants into savvy, prospective employees, "Get the Interview Every Time" shows how to "open the gates" through sensible, targeted self-marketing.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Reference

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well-written and comprehensive guide to the whole process, from creating your resume and cover letter through interviewing, accepting an offer and even a few strategies for getting a good start in your new position. What makes this book different is that it's not just one person's opinion: the text is based on surveys sent at three different times to high-level people in successful companies. You're getting real advice and opinions from multiple hiring managers in many different industries.

There are plenty of examples - good and bad - within the text, and a sizeable Appendices section with many examples of real resumes (all different styles, job descriptions, levels).

I noticed that this edition was published in 2008 and yet the advice still holds true. I follow a couple of hiring/HR blogs and what's recommended in this book is still recommended there. If you're new to the workforce, returning or even just moving around, this will be a good one-book guide.

The only small gripes I have: whoever converted the book to Kindle format did not always check things like the formatting of the sample resumes, and the advice about plain-text versions of resumes/cover letters for email is now quite dated. But this are really minor, and honestly it isn't *bad* to make sure your resume work well when converted to plain text (as a recruiter might), just not essential.

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book when searching for a new career or getting ready to interview a potential employee. I was able to apply the advice, answer those difficult interview questions with ease, and I actually enjoyed the interview!!

I will be recommending this book to all my colleagues!

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't read a lot of this sort of thing, but after coming in second at interview after interview, I wasn't too proud to admit I needed some help. This was especially true when I started to expand my search outside my immediate field. The first application I used this book for got me a quick interview, then the tips got me the offer. And outside my field, too. Don't know how it stacks up to other books like it, but it worked like a dream for me!

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome review of the entire process. Also great templates to cross reference with what you have as far as resumes and potential cover letters should entail. Also great tips about what to do and not to do when you get a new job.

[Prateek Vasisht · Rating 2 out of 5]

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