Job interview guides

Short guides on what candidates dread most. Each ends with an answer before and after.

• How to calm your nerves before a job interviewWhy interviews make you nervous, and what to do the week before, the hour before and in the room so that it does not show.
• How to talk about yourself in an interview without braggingA simple way to present your results in an interview when promoting yourself feels uncomfortable.
• How to answer “What are your salary expectations?”How to prepare a salary range, when to give it, and how to say it in an interview without losing ground.
• How to answer trick interview questionsWhat hiring managers are looking for behind “What is your biggest weakness?” and other trick interview questions, with a way to answer each.
• How to stop rambling in interviewsWhy answers get long in an interview and a simple structure to keep them under two minutes.
• How to explain a gap in your CVHow to talk about a career break, a layoff or a period without work in an interview: what to say, how long, and what to avoid.
• The STAR method, with examplesWhat the STAR method is, how to use it to answer behavioural interview questions, and the mistakes that make STAR answers sound recited.