The Last-Minute Final Review Before Your Interview

What material should you review before your next interview to succeed? Those final hours can be overwhelming. So here a few things to keep in mind:

If you are like many Interview Success Formula customers, you may have given yourself less time to prepare for a job interview than you hoped. The first thing to recognize is that given your limited time constraints, you won't be able to do everything. In the last couple of hours before you interview, you likely would feel overwhelmed if you try to cram it all in. Instead focus on a few top areas.

Make sure you know the company basics. Double-check how to pronounce the company's name if you are unsure. If they refer to themselves by an acronym instead of a longer name, you will want to use that acronym instead.

Also, review the organization's website. The website should describe the company's priorities, and give you a sense of the way people speak there. After this review, you should feel a bit more tuned in to life as part of this organization.

Read over your resume. If you haven't looked at it in a while, you don't want to be surprised by the interviewer's questions. Remind yourself of everything you have accomplished in your career or even in your life. It is important to think about the best things you have done in your past, so that you feel more confident in the interview.

In addition, you may also want to identify, or remind yourself, what are the top three accomplishments that you would want to share with the interview. Remember to use numbers in describing these accomplishments. For instance, you didn't help a lot of people; you helped more than 1,000 people.

Finally, give yourself a mental breather from pre-interview stress. You don't want to walk in worked up. Talk to a friend on the phone. Listen to a favorite song. Think about your favorite day of vacation or your favorite meal over the past year.