Avoid These Five Interview Disasters.    Some interviews are disasters waiting to happen. But it does not have to be that way. You can prepare well, know how the game is played, and practice so you have confidence and poise under pressure. Check out these five easily avoided disaster scenes.    181 words.

Avoid These Five Interview Disasters

Bill Cole, MS, MA
Founder and CEO
William B. Cole Consultants
Silicon Valley, California

Some interviews are disasters waiting to happen. But it does not have to be that way. You can prepare well, know how the game is played, and practice so you have confidence and poise under pressure. Check out these five easily avoided disaster scenes.

1. Not Knowing Who You Are: You must know your strengths and weaknesses, because without those, you can't sell yourself, or tailor your answers to what they want in the position.
   
   
2. Being Overly Humble: You have to be comfortable talking about yourself, selling yourself and telling the interviewer why they should hire you.
   
   
3. Going On And On, And Not Knowing When Or How To Stop: Unprepared candidates ramble on, speak in a disorganized manner and search for an ending as they speak. The remedy? Over prepare in advance.
   
   
4. Reading Or Relying On Your Resume: Never read from your resume. Never answer, "That's on my resume".
   
   
5. Poor Listening Skills: Want to irritate and alienate a person? Don't listen to them.

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Bill Cole, MS, MA, a leading authority on peak performance, mental toughness and coaching, is founder and CEO of William B. Cole Consultants, a consulting firm that helps organizations and professionals achieve more success in business, life and sports. He is also the Founder and President of the International Mental Game Coaching Association (www.mentalgamecoaching.com), an organization dedicated to advancing the research, development, professionalism and growth of mental game coaching worldwide. He is a multiple Hall-Of-Fame honoree as an athlete, coach and school alumnus, an award-winning scholar-athlete, published book author and articles author, and has coached at the highest levels of major-league pro sports, big-time college athletics and corporate America. For a free, extensive article archive, or for questions and comments visit him at www.MentalGameCoach.com.

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