Three Easy Steps To Making A Good Impression

1. Preparation

• write down the time, date and place of the interview
  
  
• know who you will be meeting
  
  
• plan how you will get there and arrive 10 minutes early
  
  
• learn as much as you can about the job (ask the employer for a job description and use your contacts to learn more)
  
  
• read over the interview questions on the following pages and practice your answers (get a friend to pretend he / she is interviewing you)
  
  
• bring resumes, references, certificates, licences, pens and paper to the interview

• find out what people who work there wear - ask an employee or visit to see for yourself
  
  
• have a clean interview outfit ready at all times
  
  
• do not smoke before the interview
  
  
• look organized: have your papers neat and clean in a binder or folder
  
  
• take a look back at the checklist on page 105 to see other ways of looking your best