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PREPARING FOR A JOB INTERVIEW 1

 I like to start with a word of caution, that most of my positions may not be main-stream views because of the centrality of our national Malady - NEPOTISM.

There are two people that must prepare for a job interview, the candidate and the HR Manager.

The failure at either the short- run or the long-run is dependent on who did not prepare for the job interview.

It does not matter the level of preparation by the candidate, where there is no vacancy because the position has been filled through nepotism, the candidate will still fail at the job interview.

Candidates fail at job interview by applying for positions, they have no basic qualification and experience.

Candidates equally fail at job interviews by the preparation of multiple job specific curriculum vitae and submitting same to employers without keeping tracks of same. Some candidates are careless to the extent that at job interviews, what they say will be at variant with the CV the employer is holding.

Again, there are candidates who have forgotten all they learnt at school, so that a question directed at academic knowledge, calls to question their academic qualifications.

Also, there are candidates who claim experiences they never had. Candidates who have been coasting along in all the jobs they have had.

Furthermore, there are candidates who cannot explain the details of their claimed achievements. Candidates who appear for interviews with a pack of lies.

Some candidates do not focus on the job interview, rather their focus is on the "connection" which some people now call "sponsor".

I have come across candidates who come to job interviews confused, acting as if they are doing the interviewer a favour for coming at all.

There are candidates who not wish to work but are forced to attend the job interview by those who are tired of bearing their cost, so they deliberately under-perform at the job interview to ensure that they fail, so as to continue living in their comfort zones.

Most importantly, all the above points affect job interviews where there are vacancies and people will be taken on merit.

Candidates who do not prepare adequately for a job interview fail on the short- run.

Next week, we shall continue by discussing those who fail at a job interview on the long-run.

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