Putting your best foot forward in job interviews

The job interview is arguably the most crucial part of the recruitment process. It’s an exchange where both employer and employee are judged and can ultimately be the deciding factor on whether or not a job offer is made. But it can also be highly nerve-wracking and it’s completely normal to be nervous about it.?

Thankfully, since NonStop was set up in 2000, we’ve helped many, many people navigate the process and have therefore put together a series of job interview tips to help you present your best self and hopefully get one step closer to being offered your next role.

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Job Interview Tip 1: Research is key

Our first job interview tip is to gather as much information about your potential new employer as you can before your interview. Your NonStop recruiter will be able to help you with this by giving information about the role, the company, and any other information they have. This is, of course, one of the main benefits of working with a recruiter. However, you should take time to familiarise yourself even more with the company. For example, reading up on its history, its research, its flagship products, its goals. Basically, try to find any information you can about the company and read it.

What can you use to do this?

• The company’s website is a good place to start. We recommend you read every page on it to glean as much information as you can.
• Google and other search engines – simply enter the company’s name and see what comes up. Look through the news tab too to see if there are any articles about the company that can give you more insight.
• Social and professional media – do they have LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram (and more!) pages that you can look through?
• Personal contacts – maybe as you look through the company’s LinkedIn page you will spot someone you know who already works there and you can ask them for more information too.

Keep an eye out for further posts on this subject or, if you can’t wait, you can see the whole series over on our website.