Introduction .................................................................1
Part I: And the Interview Winner Is . . . You!..................9
Chapter 1: Job Interviews Are Reality Shows. Really!..................................................11
Chapter 2: Tailoring Your Qualifications for Targeted Job Interviews ......................33
Chapter 3: Going Wireless for Your Interview ..............................................................41
Chapter 4: Interviewing on the World Stage .................................................................57
Chapter 5: A Chorus Line of Interviews by Type..........................................................63
Part II: Backstage Researching and Rehearsing............83
Chapter 6: Research is Your Ticket Inside ....................................................................85
Chapter 7: Your Close-Up: Personality Tests ................................................................95
Chapter 8: Showing You the Money .............................................................................107
Chapter 9: Costuming Yourself for a Starring Role ....................................................127
Chapter 10: Overcoming Stage Fright: Rehearse, Rehearse, and Rehearse............139
Chapter 11: Looking Good With Questions You Ask..................................................147
Chapter 12: Outlining Interview Scenarios You Can Expect .....................................153
Chapter 13: Closing the Show .......................................................................................163
Chapter 14: When You’re Offered the Part..................................................................175
Part III: Actors’ Studio: Casting Your Character ..........183
Chapter 15: From iPods and Texting to Jobs and Paychecks ...................................185
Chapter 16: Tips and Scripts That Sell a Switch.........................................................193
Chapter 17: Spotlighting Prime-Timers over 50 .........................................................201
Part IV: Lights, Camera, Talk! Answering Questions....211
Chapter 18: What Can You Tell Me about Yourself?...................................................213
Chapter 19: What Do You Know about This Job and Our Company?......................229
Chapter 20: What Are Your Skills and Competencies? ..............................................235
Chapter 21: How Does Your Experience Help Us?......................................................243
Chapter 22: What Education Do You Have? ................................................................251
Chapter 23: What about Your Special Situation?........................................................263
Chapter 24: How Should You Answer an Inappropriate Question? .........................279
Part V: The Part of Tens ............................................287
Chapter 25: Ten Tips to Avoid Wretched Reviews .....................................................289
Chapter 26: Tens of Lines on the Cutting Room Floor...............................................293
Chapter 27: Ten Interviewer Personality Types .........................................................297