SEARCH TACTICS
INTERVIEWING
ETIQUETTE
By Jeff B. Spe<k
emember Hie soon! skills
you supposedly mastered
in second grade, like
being quiet while others
ore speaking, and asking
permission before going
to the bathroom7 If so,
you're ready for your first
job interview.
( ompanv reciiiilcrs arc
'nlcic'k'd in Inline inlellnvnl. haid woikim:
dedicated new emplovees t nless. ol couise.
ilk", i. i.nks \ sp.nklni (it’\ .mil reconl ol
cvlr.aunKnlai achtevemenl will earn vou an
mlcmew wilh must ol Ilk' nation's li>p
i.impih i cc inik'i - Hill il von v an ! Hop lav
piopci MV lal sk ills I like lo V all a
etiquette voni i bailees ol inakmt’ a pood
impression an* ml,
\k lull- KOI kill" a ilk' . . 'Ilcec ! 'allOlls
nil ice ol a lli.t|oi investment bank .me ol mv
biaaen surprises was ilie nninbei ol space
cadets male anil female who eaieeried inio
mv oil a e loi nHei >. iew s I ach .me spoiled
tilth eteileniials Horn a prestigious univctsilv.
ve! as a whole thev 'lill mun.iced lo show up
lale loieel mv name, instill mv secretaiv 01
olhei w ise .a I nnpropei l\ I .a h one made an
impa ssion hill no! one I ni Itkelv to
lemembei posilivelv
I in reminded ol one lv\ I caetie economics
m.i|oi win' creeled me with a noliceablv limp.
. ammv liandshaki I le w mild hav e eolten
aw as wiili i! weie H rio! lot Ills msisieike on
con. .In ' his tian-el,-ssion Uespik'lliv
.issui.uki ■. ill.ii it ia.imi i neeessarv he
pnKenled lo ii\ .iL.nii Vm see. ho s.uil,
vvienehine im wrist I Ins is im teal
handshake
t hulk u up in nervous plleis. perhaps. Inn
most interview me etiquette errors are the
tesull hi ih .'h:\ iKi Huppilv. mans questions
nl etiquette .ue solved with simple eonunon
sense Ihev are worth reviewing here heeause
lhe\ .ue mi open eonluseil 01 toieotten in the
tin ill Hi I lu i in'men I While uiulei stand me
them won : eu.ir.intee von an otter it will
ensure that you’ll stav in the luuiune lone
enoueh to he eonskleied seitouslv
I minii; I).hi i .11 in .• late 1. • \ >nil
mien icw. ot course. bin also don't arrive
more than I 5 minutes earl\. sou don t want to
look like wii'u' eot nothing better Unto w ith
vain lime I hi mi Mie interv lews. get to the
bull.line halt an to>n 1 arls nuke sine sou van
tin.I the ■ I k e lb ■ eo lot j stioll Show up at
the le.eplionist toe minutes before sour
appointment
It sou know that sou le going to be late
III. tune to act is betoielund ( all the otti.e
with an apologs. a besond-souicontrol
escuse anil an eslimaletl time ot arrival
Messme upsoui inter s tesvet's schedule will
not min \out chances but keeping het waitme
in the daik w ill
S<-< »-<‘/(ir»Vs I teat the inlemew et
se.tetais withtespect I sen once sou se
gotten the |ob. maintaining the secretaries'
lasor is a kes to lout success with the
compans 1 I. tot one. would olteti ask ms
seoelurs w hat he thouehl ' 1 . andnlate I had
mo inlets tewed Hesuk r ! . i ed 01
not. he'd usualls tell me.
St illing Most inters tewers will ask sou to
1 down, hut it one doesn't, sou should sit