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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...