There’s a better way to prepare for interviews and it comes from Interview IQ’s favourite interview coach Deborah Barit. Deborah will be running two small group interview sessions – ‘the secrets to interview success.’ Read on for more detail…..

That’s so true in interviews. As former recruitment consultants, HR managers, business owners and government panelists, the team at interviewIQ have interviewed thousands of people.

So we’ve put together this infographic to give you an insight into what your interviewer is really thinking when you answer the question “tell me about yourself.”…..with just one tiny part of our tongues in our cheeks

So I thought it may make sense instead to offer you a series of “New Years Suggestions” that you can pick and choose from.

They’re smart, sage, sensible and funny so Happy New Year, read on and enjoy.

Yet when people are asked “tell me about yourself” they tend to go “blah blah blah” – or blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.

In answering this question, it’s critical to make an impact within the first 30 seconds.

In this blog post I’ll give you four tips to help you master this question in a way that will have the interviewer lean forward to say “tell me more.”

Then when you’ve read the tips, I’ll give you an easy way to answer this question plus examples to help you craft a powerful response that will propel the interview in a direction that you’d like to take it.

Well thanks to the return of our guest blogger Steven Solodky; who introduced us to the dilemma of the “Existential Career Crisis”, help is at hand.

Read on and our experienced career adventurer Steven will guide your journey towards a dream career.

Hopefully these funny, scary, thought provoking little vids about job interviews, global career shifts and unusual job choices are also somewhat entertaining.

So sit back InterviewIQers, relax, grab a big bowl of buttery microwave popcorn and enjoy!