How to survive an interview

Neasa McErlean outlines some of the major interview pitfalls and how to come up smiling even if you do fall foul of them

 

Ten awful interview experiences ­ and how to handle them

1. You go blank
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2. Your interviewer becomes aggressive
 

3. You are interviewed in a noisy and crowded room
 

4. The questions don't make sense
 

5. The interviewer clearly doesn't like you
 

6. You don't like your interviewer
 

7. You are interviewed by a panel of eight
 

8. You got some bad news on the day of the interview
 

9. You know your interviewer
 

10. Your interviewer suggests you have not got the job
 

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