- Understand the employer’s point of view
- Develop your own information goals
- Get all the interview appointment information you need
- Assess your own strengths and weaknesses
- Learn all you can about the job requirements
- Match your skills to the job requirements
- Plan how you will look as carefully as you plan what to say
- Turn nervous energy into positive energy through relaxation,
visualization, and rational thinking
- Know the types of interviews and their general format
- Know the kinds of questions you will probably be asked
- Be prepared to answer a wide variety of questions
- Know the questions you want answered and when to ask them