{"id":222,"date":"2010-09-24T12:20:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T12:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/interview-take-along-checklist-222\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T11:44:46","slug":"interview-take-along-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/interview-take-along-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Take-Along Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"byline\"><span><span><span>By <span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_body_body_wacCenterStage_wacCenterStage_lblWriterByline\">Christine F. Della Monaca, Monster Staff Writer<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><br>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"body\"><span class=\"body\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><span>You&rsquo;re interviewing for a job tomorrow, and you think you&rsquo;ve done all the interview preparation you need to do. You&rsquo;ve practiced your answers to a multitude of common interview questions and have a few questions of your own for the interviewer. Your interview suit is pressed and ready. But what do you bring to the interview? <br><br>We&rsquo;ve created this handy checklist, with the help of Monster Interview Expert Marky Stein<\/span><\/span><span><span><span>, so you won&rsquo;t forget a thing. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span><span><span><br><br><strong>Interview Checklist Items for Your Briefcase<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"body\"><span class=\"body\"><br><\/span><\/span><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span><span><span><strong>Your Resume and Job\/Professional References:<\/strong> But don&rsquo;t just throw these crucial documents in your bag. According to Stein, linguists and psychologists have found that 93 percent of all communication is <\/span><\/span><span>nonverbal<\/span><\/span><span>. How you present this information says a lot about you. <br><br>To that end, Stein recommends you buy an inexpensive two-pocket folder in blue, since this color appeals to both men and women and conveys a business feel. On the left side, place your resume, and on the right, your letters of recommendation and reference list. When you get to the interview, say, &ldquo;I wanted to bring an extra copy of my resume &mdash; here it is,&rdquo; and open the folder, turning it around for the interviewer to read. <br><br>&ldquo;This is a sign you are open and honest as well as organized,&rdquo; Stein says. &ldquo;The more you show you are prepared, the more you are showing respect.&rdquo; <br>&nbsp; <\/span><\/li><li><span><span><span><strong>Pad and Pen:<\/strong> Taking a few notes during your interview (while being careful not to stare at your notepad the whole time) is another sign of respect. &ldquo;It makes them feel you are listening,&rdquo; Stein explains.<br>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span><span><strong>Business Card:<\/strong> People either take in information visually, audibly or through touch. &ldquo;The more you give them to touch, the more real it seems to them,&rdquo; she says. <br>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span><span><strong>Directions:<\/strong> &ldquo;These lower your anxiety,&rdquo; Stein says, adding that it&rsquo;s preferable to drive to your interview location in advance and park so you can see how long the journey takes. <br>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span><span><strong>Cellphone:<\/strong> You can always leave this bit of modern life in your car, but if you must take it with you, make sure it stays turned off and in your briefcase; it&rsquo;s a huge sign of disrespect to be interrupted during an interview or give the appearance you&rsquo;ll be interrupted. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re a man, don&rsquo;t even wear it on your belt,&rdquo; Stein recommends. &ldquo;Keep it hidden.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"body\"><span class=\"body\"><span><span><span><strong>The Intangibles<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><br><\/span><\/span><\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span><span><span><strong>Company Research:<\/strong> In almost every interview, you&rsquo;ll be asked what you know about the company, Stein says. To prepare for this question, she recommends <\/span><\/span><span>Hoovers.com<\/span><span>. You can also check out companies on <\/span><span>Monster<\/span><\/span><span>.<br>&nbsp; <\/span><\/li><li><span><span><span><strong>A Smile:<\/strong> It may sound sappy, but this nonverbal clue is an immediate rapport-builder. Interviewers are often nervous, too. &ldquo;In one-sixteenth of a second, we assess whether someone will harm, help or hurt us,&rdquo; Stein says. &ldquo;(A smile) immediately tells someone that you&rsquo;re not going to hurt them.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Christine F. Della Monaca, Monster Staff Writer &nbsp; &nbsp;You&rsquo;re interviewing for a job tomorrow, and you think you&rsquo;ve done all the interview preparation you need to do. You&rsquo;ve practiced your answers to a multitude of common interview questions and have a few questions of your own for the interviewer. Your interview suit is pressed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/interview-take-along-checklist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Interview Take-Along Checklist<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16715,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/16715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}