Alan Carniol

Alan Carniol

Alan is the creator of Interview Success Formula, a training program that has helped more than 80,000 job seekers to ace their interviews and land the jobs they deserve. Interviewers love asking curveball questions to weed out job seekers. But the truth is, most of these questions are asking about a few key areas. Learn more about how to outsmart tough interviewers by watching this video.

Receptionist InterviewReceptionists should have outstanding communication, interpersonal, customer service, and organizational skills. They spend most of their time dealing with a wide variety of guests and visitors. This means that they have to interact with people who have different personalities and behaviors.

Long Distance Job SearchSearching for a job takes time, and searching for a long-distance job can even take more time. Career opportunities are greater when you look for a job that is not within your area, but this also makes it a little bit more challenging.

Recruiters looking at a resumeRecruiters are the first people to see your resume. It doesn’t go directly to the boss or the president of the company. It primarily goes to the hands of hiring managers or the human resources department—in short, recruiters.

Doctor InterviewBefore a medical student becomes professional doctor, he or she must undergo residency training. He or she is generally required to invest some time to actually practice his or her desired medical field. Residency programs allow and train medical students to provide proper care to actual patients.

Applying for a JobMost of us spend too much time worrying whether we’re good enough when we apply for jobs. For example, some of us lack sufficient formal education and wonder if this will prevent us from getting hired. Lately, however, more and more companies don’t care anymore about an applicant’s education. It makes perfect sense; useful, practical learning usually occurs inside the workplace. That’s why more and more companies and employers continue to hire candidates with little regard for their educational background. This could be good news for you, and a reason to quit worrying about it.

Teacher Interview QuestionTeaching is one of those professions which require a great deal of patience and hard work. Imagine a world without educators—learning is quite a hard thing to achieve. Both go hand in hand.

Job Search StrategyFinding someone who has the career that you want can be upsetting, yet you can bet that they have spent the majority of their working years defining what they really want and how they are different from others. Self-knowledge is an essential career tool, but most people find it stressful and time-consuming, so they try to avoid it. By skipping this part, people tend to put themselves on the wrong path and eventually, the wrong career.

Receptionist Interview QuestionAmong other essential traits, receptionists need to possess outstanding communication skills since they spend so much of their time greeting visitors and talking to them. They deal with many customers day in and day out, so they have to cope with a lot of stressors. Furthermore, a good receptionist should have strong interpersonal skills as well as a great deal of patience.

Interview FeedbackAre you wondering why your resume isn’t getting any feedback? How come you didn’t receive any response from the company you applied for? Is there something wrong with the way it was written, or was it just not good enough?

Creativity Interview QuestionCreativity, resourcefulness, and originality are particularly important in the workplace. If a person is creative, he or she has the ability to invent and develop original ideas in a way that produces an interesting and unusual result. Resourcefulness, on the other hand, is the ability to find ways of dealing with problems. Likewise, originality is the ability to make something new and imaginative.