8 Examples of Outstanding Job Interviewees

From "Eight Job-Interview Wins for the Record Book". Below, I cited what the author summarizes as the lessons from her experience with each interviewee, but I'd recommend y'all to take a look at the original document to get a whole picture of the conversation.
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1. Use your interview time to learn the business conditions, not passively answer questions. People hire people they believe can help them, not the most-groveling or most-docile applicant in the mix.

2. You can get altitude on your business from any vantage point. Don't just complete the tasks assigned to you. Use your perch as a place from which to learn the business, and be able to talk about what you know.

3. Don't be afraid to show, rather than tell, what you can do for your next boss.

4. Don't be afraid to propose nonstandard ideas as you work through the hiring pipeline. Being compliant is seldom the way to help an employer or make your own best mark.

5. Tell the truth—your truth—on a job interview. If the person on the other side of the desk can't handle the real you, do you really want to work for him or her?

6. Network like a fiend—and not only when you're job-hunting. The people who know you business-socially are your best conduits to jobs that become available because they know more about you, your brains, and your values than a flimsy two-page résumé can convey.

7. Let an employer know what you need. No employer will value a candidate who doesn't value himself or herself.

8. Look at what you bring from the standpoint of what the employer needs. "I need the job" is not compelling. "Here's why you might need someone like me" is.

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