The Official Interview and CV Thread
 

Just as it says on the tin. I'm finding it hard to find half decent tips on the net so this can be our home for personal tips and pointers that you have found helped you. Or interview pointers in general. I know you all have something up your sleeve :).

Chop, chop. ;)

Have someone you know on the inside recommend you :p: Works very well!

One of the main things is to make a good first impression. Make sure you dress really well, arrive early and great the interviewers with a handshake and a smile. A sincere greeting makes a big difference and always be sure to make eye contact. I have a Word file here somewhere with loads of tips and possible questions that a recruitment firm sent me. I'll post it as soon as I find it...

Found it. Had to copy it into a txt file and attach it due to the post character limit here. It's a very good guide if you can manage to read through it.

Note: in Notepad go into Format and click Word Wrap, should make this easier to read.

I've always been told to mirror your interviewers attitude. Like if they're informal, and laid-back copy it :).

Also, a girl giving a handshake? I'm not sure I should or not :(.

Blow them a big kiss.

You should be persistent so they know that you want the job.

Depends what kind of job obviously, but one thing that really helped by brother land a job at Cravath next summer was to have a general knowledge of not just the firm, but literally anything big going on in the world (business, economics, law, anything). The people that interviewed him said he came across as a worldly 30 year old (he's actually 22) with nothing to show for it, which I guess is a good thing.

Something my dad tought me was to always ask questions about the company and the interviewer's job. It shows interest, even if you could care less about the answer. If you can reflect back on the answer, great, but just asking it can go a long way sometimes.

Get involved with charitable activities. Aside from being the right thing to do, it shows you are actually about doing a good job, instead of just gaming the system for maximum personal benefit. Further, they look way, way better on a resume than the standard priest/teacher personal reference.

lol this works the best in my area. No matter how well you interview, if you aren't someone's friend or a distant cousin of theirs then you are just assed out.