What is a job interview?
It is a talk between the person in charge of Human Resources or businessman or businesswoman and another person who wants the job they are offering. The purpose of the interview is to get to know the person and find out if they are suitable or not for the job that is being published, if they meet the requirements to perform the job in the best possible way. In the interview, all physical characteristics, emotions, postures, language, preparation, languages, skills, etc. are analyzed.Although part of the MMI Online Course helps making a medical student sage and also contribute to preparing for job interviews.
We are going to give you tips to help you succeed in your next job interview and we indicate the questions that are always repeated, some are trick questions. The enthusiasm is always important because it helps you to go to the interview with energy. Before getting to the interview, take a few minutes to relax, take deep breaths, eat correctly. It is advisable to go looking well rested and clean to make a good first impression.
Your resume reflects your most relevant information, with completed studies and without lying or exaggerating knowledge. If you get to the interview it is because your resume meets the requirements they are looking for. So be positive. And control everything you put, the interview will be based on it. The human resources staff or the person in charge of conducting the interview does not have it easy at all, they think that on those days they will have several interviews and that they analyze each person choosing the one that best meets the requirements that the company needs. That is why you have to be authentic or authentic and give your best in that process.
If you go to a job interview and you are interested in that job, you have to prepare the interview well, we leave you several tips so that you go with confidence and be successful.
The first impression is what counts:
• Be punctual.
• Smile.
• Look the interviewer in the eye.
• Show enthusiasm for the job and for the company.
• Always use positive language.
• You must be clear about your skills, experience and training
Upon entering the door, they will observe the way you move, the way you present yourself, the way you feel …
Knowing your Curriculum well is the data on which the person conducting the interview is based.
Before the interview
The best is that:
1. Prepare your interview.
2. Take an interest in the company, its location, a bit of its history, the position to occupy, the size of the company. Check everything you can online. This interest will help you.
3. Way of dressing according to the job position is according to the company and the job position.
4. Sincerity, don’t exaggerate or lie.
5. Ask interesting questions so you show interest.
6. Show that you can contribute to the job and the company what they need.
7. Don’t overdo it, but redirect the conversation to your strengths all the time.
8. Use positive and correct language. Body language is also very important don’t cross your arms.
9. Thanks for the opportunity to be interviewed.
During the Interview
• Enter decisively and greet the interviewer in a firm way and if possible with Mr. or Mrs.
• Don’t shake your hand, wait for the interviewer to offer it to you.
• Squeeze your hand firmly, looking into my eyes and smiling.
• When they tell you it is advisable that you sit correctly in the center of the chair.
• Be attentive to everything that happens in the interview.
• Don’t show nervousness.
• Wait your turn to speak.
• Let the person interviewing you take the initiative
• Crossing your arms feels like you’re on the defensive, so keep a relaxed posture.
After the interview.
• Analyze the points where you have felt strongest and where you have felt weakest.
• The data that you consider relevant for a second interview or that will serve you for other interviews.
• Experience is drawn from all the interviews and is important for the following ones.
In almost all interviews there are questions that are repeated, here are the most common ones:
Personality
• They ask you to talk about yourself, your hobbies, volunteering, the latest books you’ve read …
• The ways in which you have previously successfully solved difficult situations.
• What would you contribute to the company?
• Do you like team working? Are you a leader?
• Tell us the qualifying adjectives that best define you.
• What impression do you think I got from you after this interview?
Training
• Why did you study what you studied? What other studies attracted you?
• What subject did you like the most? In which subject did you get the best grade?
• Do you plan to continue or expand your studies in any way?
• If you went back to studying would it be the same?
• In addition to your studies, you have taken courses, languages, masters …
• Did you have any representative position during your time as a student?
Previous jobs
• What did you learn during your previous jobs? What functions did you perform? How much did you charge?
• Did you have people in your charge?
• Which of your previous jobs did you like the most / least?
• How did you get along with your colleagues, with your bosses, with your subordinates?
• What was the most unpleasant situation you saw yourself in? How did you cope with it?
• Describe the best boss you ever had. And the worst and why
• Describe to me a typical day at your previous job.
• How did you get that job?
Job
• What do you know about our company? What do you like about this company?
• Do you prefer a predictable job or a job that changes?
• Would you be willing to move to another city, to another country, or to travel frequently?
Do you have any geographic preference?
• What are your strengths and weaknesses for this position?
• What do you see yourself doing in 5 years? What are your long-term goals?
• How did you find out about this position?
• Would you be willing to take a training course in charge of the company, before being hired?
• How much do you want to earn now?
• When could you join the job?
• What people from the companies you have previously worked for can give us references about you?
• Do you participate in other selection processes?
The most important thing for any job is that your resume is active that you are interested in the situations and that you train. That is why at MedicMind, we have many students who ask us about courses in their sector to recycle and in other sectors to improve. Enroll online in any of our courses. Start your training, adapt it to you with your schedules and from your home.
