Got an interview in the upcoming week with two interviewers..any tips?

[ProAm500]

So I applied for a job with Nielsen Media a few weeks ago and after an email interview questionarie, and 2 standardized tests, I have the face-to-face-to-face interview on the 29th with two people. This is only my second interview since graduating almost a year ago and looking for some tips on dealing with two interviewers....I really want this job, so I know to seem interested, cause I really am, but any other tips from the quarterlifers....?

[ScottyTheBody]

Just don't do what my friend back home did.

He asked me for advice and I said smile and answer every question honestly. Oh ya and don't forget to give a firm handshake.

He's a fairly big guy and the employer got up and my friend went to shake his hand and the employer's pinky was sort of curled in for some reason and my friend crushed the employers hand and broke his pinky finger. He didn't get the job.

Just be careful not to have too tight of a grip.

[yankeeyosh]

I just pretend the two people are really just one, since the questions you're answering are no different from those that you'd get if you were just doing it one-on-one...I thought I'd be intimidated by multiple people, but actually, it's easier because you don't have to worry about repeating yourself later...

[laelialudisia]

i would suggest the book knock 'em dead. the last name of the author is yates - i found it VERY helpful.

just try to make the interview as conversational as possible, make sure to look each interviewer in the eyes, don't fidget in your chair, take a nice, black notebook with a pad of paper and write notes (to make it look like you are interested - even if you aren't), try not to talk too fast

oh and the biggest tip - even if you can't think of a good answer to a question just say something and say it confidently, stick to it, and don't ramble on and on b/c then you come across as flustered :redface:

[lookingforit]

1) firm handshake,smile and memorize their eye color. This will come off as you are friendly and open. Be sure to show your teeth and seriously do the eye color thingy!!
2)When sitting lean upwards and put your hands on your legs in a prayer position when not talking.
3) if you begin to talk fast or stutter....STOP~~Gain your composure and start where you left off. They will know you are nervous but can handle it well.
4) Tell them you want the job. At the end after your questions..when you ask what is the next step in the process. They say something. Tell THEM YOU WANT THE JOB!!!!!
5) Send a thank you card, telling them why you would be good at it, and thanking them for the time. and lastly TELL THEM YOU WANT THE JOB!

[SpaceMonkey]

At the interview for my last job, there were three interviewers. They ended up talking to each other almost as much as they talked to me.

[ProAm500]

couple more quick questions, if i wanted to send a thank-you letter, but the interviewers emails are different from the person corrosponding to me (ex: the woman who sent me the emails for interviews are different from the two guys interviewing me), how should I go about it, should I just ask for thier email address?...also what are some ways to let them know that I really want the job....?

[yankeeyosh]

couple more quick questions, if i wanted to send a thank-you letter, but the interviewers emails are different from the person corrosponding to me (ex: the woman who sent me the emails for interviews are different from the two guys interviewing me), how should I go about it, should I just ask for thier email address?...also what are some ways to let them know that I really want the job....?

I usually send them an e-mail thank you....even though a snail mail letter really should be more appropriate...but you never know where it goes once it reaches the office...it may end up unread in an "IN" pile for weeks. That said, you should make sure that you should have different thank you notes for each person. That is a pain, especially when you have 6 or 8 different people you're interviewing with, but oftentimes, they compare notes when making a decision, and if they see that you just copied and pasted the names and didn't do anything else, it shows them that you didn't put much time and effort into it as someone else would have.

When I interview, I always imagine that one of the other candidates is some 23 year old kid whose parents are on the sidelines helping them. So that's why I have to be extra diligent, because I'm really competing against the parents.

[ProAm500]

ok, so I had my interview yesterday....turns out that it wasnt with two interviewers, but 2 interviers interviewing different people, meaning that there were a ton of people interviewing for this position....overall it wasnt bad, but i know i bombed the question about things i didnt like about my current job....I forget exactly what I said, but i know it wasnt the right answer (wait, tere are no right answers right?)...I basically was myself and was honest, and I think he knew that I was genuine, and acutally stated that a few times, and I think he liked that. I acutally felt over dressed for the interview, I wore a suit, which was quite sharp I might add, while the guys giving interviews, wore sweaters that looked they they might have come from Old Navy, maybe, and wrinkled cargo pants and beat up boots.....whats worst is that the other people interviewed, that I noticed in my time slot, didnt even wear ties, a few just wrinkled up collar shirts. So Im not sure if my wearing a suit will count for points or not. I know they guys giving the interviews arent the ones hiring, so I dont know....I didnt get the guy who interviewed me contact info, but I emailed the person who had been corrosponding with me about the previous appointments, thank her for giving me the chance to talk about the position and stating that I wanted job. I think she maybe the one doing the hiring...I dont know, I did ok, but not great, I know that from a "professional" stand point I was better than most of the applicants there, but I knwo for the particular posiotion, there are people that have more experience in that type of work, so I dont know...I'm wondering throught the 3 processes are they eliminating people throughtout each step, or are they compiling through the three steps....oh well, keeping my fingers crossed....

[blueyes]

Showing up in a suit is a good thing! You obviously got a look at the dress code when they're not with clients, but you also need to realize that sometimes the interviewers don't know they're interviewing until practically right before the interview. (Unprofessional, yes - but one of my interviewers was in a t-shirt and jeans b/c they dumped me on him until someone else was free. We both laugh about it still.)

We're rooting for you!

[ProAm500]

well, the thing is I know for a fact they knew they were interviewing, becasue there were so many...also they came up from NYC and had the intervies in a conference room a hotel here in Upstate.....one of the guys was even scruffy and unshaven....weird....I just hope my "professionalism" will help give me a little extra......liek I said, I know they're not doing the hiring, but I'm hoping in the notations that he made from the questions he asked, that my apperance and attitude was noted...