Brian Tracy’s YouTube talk "How to Ace Your Job Interview" gives concise, practical steps for increasing success in job interviews. He opens with a statistic ("25 million" in America are unemployed or underemployed), recommends clarifying your ideal job, researching the company (history, products, competitors, market trends), preparing questions and learning about the interviewer, and—critically—writing and mailing a handwritten thank-you letter immediately after the interview to signal character and courtesy.
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July 23, 2012
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Hello there.
Over the years, I've done a lot.
Of work in what I call Creative Job search. In America alone Today, there are 25 million people who are unemployed or underemployed. And getting a good job for you for your career is really essential. And the critical thing in getting the job is the interview. So how can you ace the interview? Well, I could spend hours telling you, but let me give you a couple of key, key ideas.
First of all, write down a list.
Of what would be your perfect job. If someone could give you any job in the world, what would your perfect job be? See, the greater clarity you have before you interview, the more likely it is that you will find the right job for you. Next, when you have an interview coming up, research the background of the company on the Internet, go to Google, go to Wikipedia, but get every single detail. Print it out, write it down, take notes, Understand the history of the company and the background of the company.
Look at the products and services of.
The company and look at their competitors.
Is the market growing or is it flat?
Are some companies doing better or not? When you go in there, you should be very knowledgeable about the company and the industry where you're interviewing.
Next, learn as much as you can about the person that you're talking to and prepare a series of questions to ask.
The key in the interview is for you to interview, not the other person. When you go in, ask a lot.
Of questions about the business, where it's.
Going, how it is today, where the possibilities and opportunities are for the future, the key skills that they want and need, the sort of things that they.
Would want from an ideal candidate, and so on. The more questions you ask, the more.
Impressive you will be at the interview. And here's the final key.
And it's so simple, it's unbelievable.
Immediately after the interview, no matter what.
Happens, go home and write a thank you letter.
Just go home and say thank you very much for taking the time to interview me today. I. I very much enjoyed meeting you and I really hope that something good.
Comes out of our talk together. And I wish you a wonderful day. Write it by hand, not an email.
Get a card from Hallmark if you.
Like, write it by hand, address it by hand, put a stamp on it.
And mail it off.
Here's an incredible discovery. I read this 25 years ago and I read it last week is that.
Many people interview for the job and you know what the company does?
They hire the first person who writes.
A thank you letter because they know.
That writing a thank you letter is an indication of character.
It's an indication of courtesy.
It's an indication of attitude.
So be sure at the end of the interview, which you have now aced because you did your research, write a thank you letter and wait for the phone to ring.
