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When Can You Start? Ace the Job Interview and Get Hired, Third Edition
The job interview is the make-or-break moment that can change your job search and your life. Job interviews present the key step in the job search process and help you get hired. You need to know how to prepare for this step while job hunting.
This book helps you turn phone screen interviews into in-person interviews and job interviews into job offers. It turns you into a great interviewee.
As president of Shimmering Resumes and a Los Angeles Times award-winning author, Paul Freiberger offers a clear, entertaining guide with proven tools and tips through every step in the interview process, from the best ways to research industries to how to answer the essential questions.
You will learn about:
* Job Interview Questions and Answers
* How LinkedIn Helps Job Interviewing
* The Toughest Job Interview Questions
* Handling Questions About Your Weaknesses
* Answering Trick and Oddball Questions
* Mastering Phone, Panel, and one-on-one interviews
* Devising the Best Questions
* Gaining Confidence with Job Interview Preparation
* Avoiding Job Interview Mistakes
* Salary Negotiation Tips and Strategies
With the right preparation, you can walk into the interview with a big advantage over the competition in even the toughest job markets. You can convert "We'll be in touch" into "When can you start?" And this book will show you how.
This book helps you turn phone screen interviews into in-person interviews and job interviews into job offers. It turns you into a great interviewee.
As president of Shimmering Resumes and a Los Angeles Times award-winning author, Paul Freiberger offers a clear, entertaining guide with proven tools and tips through every step in the interview process, from the best ways to research industries to how to answer the essential questions.
You will learn about:
* Job Interview Questions and Answers
* How LinkedIn Helps Job Interviewing
* The Toughest Job Interview Questions
* Handling Questions About Your Weaknesses
* Answering Trick and Oddball Questions
* Mastering Phone, Panel, and one-on-one interviews
* Devising the Best Questions
* Gaining Confidence with Job Interview Preparation
* Avoiding Job Interview Mistakes
* Salary Negotiation Tips and Strategies
With the right preparation, you can walk into the interview with a big advantage over the competition in even the toughest job markets. You can convert "We'll be in touch" into "When can you start?" And this book will show you how.
272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 5, 2016
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About the author
Paul Freiberger
14 books23 followersPaul Freiberger, author of "When Can You Start?" is an award-winning writer. His work has been widely praised for its effectiveness and compassion. As President of Shimmering Careers, Paul helps individuals improve their careers with job interview preparation, resumes and job search.
Paul won The Los Angeles Times Book Award as co-author of "Fuzzy Logic" (Simon & Schuster, 1994) and he co-authored the best-selling "Fire in the Valley: The Birth of the Personal Computer" (McGraw-Hill, 1984, rev. 2000), translated into many languages and later made into the Hollywood movie Pirates of Silicon Valley with Noah Wyle. Paul has produced reports for National Public Radio programs, including All Things Considered and Morning Edition. He is a former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News and a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner. He directed communications for McKinsey & Company, the world's most respected global management consulting firm.
Paul has gone through several job transformations himself. He has worked as a teacher, a night porter, a newspaper reporter, a technology project manager, a chef, a communications executive, and an entrepreneur. He knows the job search process and how to make it work. He earned a B.A. in history at the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Masters in Italian from Middlebury College.
Paul won The Los Angeles Times Book Award as co-author of "Fuzzy Logic" (Simon & Schuster, 1994) and he co-authored the best-selling "Fire in the Valley: The Birth of the Personal Computer" (McGraw-Hill, 1984, rev. 2000), translated into many languages and later made into the Hollywood movie Pirates of Silicon Valley with Noah Wyle. Paul has produced reports for National Public Radio programs, including All Things Considered and Morning Edition. He is a former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News and a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner. He directed communications for McKinsey & Company, the world's most respected global management consulting firm.
Paul has gone through several job transformations himself. He has worked as a teacher, a night porter, a newspaper reporter, a technology project manager, a chef, a communications executive, and an entrepreneur. He knows the job search process and how to make it work. He earned a B.A. in history at the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Masters in Italian from Middlebury College.
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July 2, 2018
Not a scintillating read, but based on what I see when interviewing people, a very useful guide.
December 22, 2019
This guide is a strong practical tool that helps you focus on what matters in the hiring process. I go to this book any time I'm on the job market, and recently did so to successfully receive a stellar offer at a top company
March 9, 2021
Best Guide for Interciew
This is an amazing guide for all of those that really want to get a job, it’s easy to read and apply .
This is an amazing guide for all of those that really want to get a job, it’s easy to read and apply .
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