How To Prepare For A Job Interview

Great article Joe. Thanks for sharing.

To get the interview this article provides some key points on the resume.

Jay

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I'll never forget my first job interview: I'd just graduated from Boise State's Vo-Tec mechanics course. A job opening was in the paper at J.R. Simplot Co's truck shop. Had my paper work all filled out and completed the interview. The shop foreman had my application in his hand, lea"ned back in his chair and said, "Well we are looking for someone with a little more experience than you have." I got pissed. I leaned forward in my chair, looked him straight in the eye and with a firm, hard tone of voice said, "You are all the same. You all want the experienced guy, but how am I suppose to get experience if you won't hire me? He sat for a minute, looked at the paper, and said, "Well I guess I'll give you a chance."
The lesson I learned there sometimes it's not about the experience, it's about who and what you are. I'm not saying this will work every time, but sometimes you have to reach out and grab it, let the person know you want it. I left the aggressive approach until the last, probably the best place for it. No one cares more about what you want than you do.

Thanks for sharing SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL some detailed instruction on how to prepare for a job interview. The following instructions you provided via the link seem very reasonable.
"The first part of an interview preparation strategy is to have an honest, personal and approachable communication style. The ability to quickly establish an effective communication exchange in an interview is essential to having an effective interview. This can be achieved through the HEAT model.
• Humility: A humble, but straightforward and honest style with clear, non-military language.
• Engagement: Strong personal leadership presence in the interview process demonstrating readiness to help the company.
• Attitude: A willingness to translate and apply military skills and background to meet company needs.
• Timely, complete response: The use of a complete and brief answer style to address all interview questions."
"Explaining your impact on a process to save money, to create a new process, to make something safer, or to reduce risk are absolutely essential examples that should be used to convince an employer that your military skills and background will make their company better.
• Situation: Fully describe the setting, living conditions, weather and operating environment of a specific situation you found yourself in using simple, clear and non-military language. Provide details on what made the assigned task so challenging.
• Task: Fully describe what task you and your team were assigned to do and the ways you measured the effectiveness of your mission. Make sure you highlight roadblocks and other challenges that you met.
• Actions: Discuss what steps you and your team took to understand, plan and execute the plan to achieve your results.
• Results: Discuss the outcome of your actions and how they achieved the intended results."