{"id":9445,"date":"2016-04-29T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/?p=9445"},"modified":"2016-05-01T02:58:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T01:58:20","slug":"interview-skills-and-tips-for-jobseekers-a-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/04\/29\/interview-skills-and-tips-for-jobseekers-a-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview skills and tips for jobseekers: A roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naturejobs <\/em>collects some of our favourite posts on interviews.<\/h1>\n

Your interview skills will play a huge part in whether you win an offer for that coveted job. But even if you\u2019re not job-hunting, you\u2019ll need those skills in other settings \u2013 if you\u2019re applying to graduate school, interviewing for a postdoctoral research post, aiming to get into a particular investigator\u2019s lab, hoping to join a collaboration.<\/p>\n

Practice makes perfect, it\u2019s true, but it helps to know a few ground rules and tips if you haven\u2019t gotten to the \u2018perfect\u2019 stage yet. Here\u2019s a look at some ways we\u2019ve outlined to get you in the door you want.<\/p>\n

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Failures can often help you to succeed<\/a>, as this blog contributor points out.<\/p>\n

And here are pointers to keep in mind<\/a> when you\u2019re facing a job or postdoc interview.<\/p>\n

Check out tips for navigating the \u2018job talk\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We rounded up contributors\u2019 nominations for their most hated interview questions<\/a>, so you won\u2019t be shocked if one comes your way.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a piece on how to answer \u2018why do you want to work for us?\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

And here\u2019s one on how to answer \u2018what is your greatest weakness?\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, here\u2019s a collection of general articles and tips on interviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Your interview skills will play a huge part in whether you win an offer for that coveted job. But even if you\u2019re not job-hunting, you\u2019ll need those skills in other settings \u2013 if you\u2019re applying to graduate school, interviewing for a postdoctoral research post, aiming to get into a particular investigator\u2019s lab, hoping to join a collaboration.  Read more<\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[289,385,186,65,197,198,199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-the-expert","category-careers-articles","category-communication-2","category-phd","category-postdoc-2","category-postgraduate-2","category-research-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}