subject: Climb The Ladder Of Success With Interview Coaching [print this page] The emergence of corporate environment in all the sectors of human activities has led to the demand for talented and professional employees. Therefore, it is not as in the past where a person used to get a job at a drop of a hat. Now getting the required job has become a survival question for most of the job seekers. The best way to get through the interviews is to opt for interview coaching.
An interview coaching can be defined as a process through which the interviewees gets the chance of practicing and refining his/her interview skills with the help of the interview coach. This type of coaching is usually accompanied with study materials in written format that has information about proper ways for being interviewed or as part of lecture.
The interview coaching is now forming a necessity for not only those people who are not naturally adept to interviews or those who are nervous but also those who are well experienced in interview processes and would like to refine more. There are quite a number of professionals and business entities who are offering coaching in interview skills. Majority of coaching techniques are concentrated on providing coaching for job interviews. There are also other coaching methods being provided by coaching professionals and other institutions for interviews related with college entrance examinations, visa interviews, project interviews, business interviews, interviews for entering into prestigious institutions etc.
Irrespective of the type of coaching, a person willing to undertake coaching must make sure that the person or company hired has extensive experience in conducting job interviews. The experience must relate to the area of job that the person is interested in. The following areas are covered under this type of coaching and these are:
Increasing awareness of the candidates strength and weaknesses and his areas of improvement,
Strengthening the candidates presentation skills,
Increasing the self-confidence and self-esteem of the candidate by different psychological and psychometric techniques.
Techniques of - How to keep up eye contact and maintaining proper body language while facing interviews.
Conducting mock interviews with one or more of the team of interview coaches.
Dressing etiquette needed when attending the interview.
Preparing the candidates by telling the techniques and processes involved in presentation skills
After the interview, the interview coach also teaches the candidates on writing impressive and prompt thank you note to the interviewers, making proper follow-up calls etc.
Helping the candidate in negotiating with salary, perks and other benefits if he or she is finally recruited as an employer of the concerned organization.
Thus, these are some of the methods followed for individuals or institutions conducting interview coaching.
