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Job interviews are not unlike boxing matches: you can have all the plans and strategies you want, all the shapes and all the moves, the slides to the side and the dummies, but you have to remember that there is somebody else in the ring too.

Q: I haven’t ever done a job interview – until now, I have always got jobs by word-of-mouth referrals. However, as things get tighter in the jobs market, I am facing my first ever interview next week. I have followed your advice here about what I should say, but I would also like a quick run-through some of the basics – eye contact, handshake, etc. Any quick-reference guide you can give me? (TP, email)

Q. I have a question, but, first, I have some observations to make.

Q: Next week, I’m going to my first job interview in about 20 years. I have been working full-time all of that time, but recently the company closed down. I am nervous about the interview, because I really don’t know what has changed since I was last in this position. I’m 41. Any tips? (Tony, email)

The main objective of a telephone interview is to assess the candidate’s skill-set before selecting them for a face-to-face interview. Again, this is cost-effective for the employer and it is a very efficient way of weeding out weaker candidates.

The main objective of a telephone interview is to assess the candidate’s skill-set before selecting them for a face-to-face interview. Again, this is cost-effective for the employer and it is a very efficient way of weeding out weaker candidates.

Every interviewee makes mistakes. We make mistakes because we are human. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing” – John Powell.