In many instances, managers are not prepared to conduct a thorough interview - and their inability to get the answers required to make a well-informed decision is a major factor in bad hires. That's ...

Start by thinking about how you came to achieve some of your proudest accomplishments, and figure out how to turn that into a story. We’ve all been there–sitting in an interview you thought you were ...

But just about every job interview includes at least a few behavioral interview questions, and for good reason. Hold that thought. So they will give you an answer they think you want to hear. But if ...

Did you freeze up the last time an interviewer opened a question with "Tell me about a time when…"? That's a behavioral interview question, and many interviewees find them tricky to handle. Job ...

Melissa Fleur Afshar is a Newsweek reporter based in London, United Kingdom. Her current focus is on trending life stories and human-interest features on a variety of topics ranging from relationships ...

Behavior-based interviews have been around for more than a decade, but if you aren’t prepared for them, they can throw you for a loop. You know that you’re in a behavior-based interview when most of ...

Today more and more companies are using behavior-based interviewing techniques to identify the best-fit candidate for the job. If you haven”t interviewed in several years, you may be surprised by the ...

You've submitted your application and made the list of best qualified candidates — now you've landed an interview for a federal job. Think the most important part of the application process is over?

Would you get in a car if there was only a 14% certainty that it wouldn’t crash? How about skydive with a parachute that only had a 14% certainty of opening? Most of us would say no. And while 14% isn ...