The Everything Practice Interview Book: Be prepared for any question

by Dawn Rosenberg McKay

In today's competitive job market, giving a top-notch interview is the only way to gain that extra edge. Featuring more than 200 sample questions you are most likely to encounter, The Everything(r) Practice Interview Book gives you smart answers to all the toughest questions, helping you impress the interviewer with your composure and intelligence. The Everything(r) Practice Interview Book , by Dawn Rosenberg McKay-manager of the Career Planning Site for About.com-arms you with what to say and how to say it, giving you the advantage over your competitors and the confidence to succeed. Features winning tips on how

Genres: Nonfiction, Buisness

304 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2004

Reviews

[Cindy Hoang · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is quite helpful for me. I’m new so I don’t have any experience with interviews before. There is lots samples that I would you in real life. In other hand, because of so many and not be suitable for my situation, I was getting bored.

[Jim Razinha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this in preparation for a panel of interviews....while it was of little direct help for the types of questions I faced, it is still an excellent resource and prompted me to think of questions I might be asked. Good for the first timer and veteran, the authors coupled every example answer with an explanation as to why the answer was good as well as an example of what one shouldn't say. Most of the time, the "bad" answers weren't of the "Who would say that?" type, so had as good a value as the "good" answers.

Recommending to my sons and anyone faced with life changes.

[Kris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although it may seem like some of the reasons the book suggests for not giving specific answers are no-brainers, the book seems to be very insightful as to why interviewers may ask certain questions. The suggestions they give on how to answer questions are also very helpful. The person who suggested I read this book read this book just before their interview for their current job and said they wouldn't have gotten the job if they hadn't read this book first. I love how they explain why certain answers are better than others, even though they say similar things.

[Natalya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some useful information there but I found it a little dumbed down (some people would need that though) and a lot of it was common sense. The Q&A part was a little ridiculous as some of those "correct" answers you would never ever say word for word without sounding like a complete idiot. But the majority of the book seems well done and certainly is a helpful tool in finding a job if you have no idea how to behave at interviews.

[Nan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is well organized. Some of the questions are repetitive. Most of it's suggestions are common sense: dress for the potential job (do you look like a successful teacher, lawyer, doctor?), avoid the negative, accentuate the positive, and don't mess with Mr. In-Between. I did use it to prepare for my last interview. I didn't ace the interview, but I wasn't the wreck I usually am.

[Brycen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was a really simple book that gave you potential questions and answers for job interviews. It was easy to read and explained dos and donts for each kind of question. I found this extremely helpful especially in the section on illegal questions.