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So the interview is progressing well, when your prospective employer asks you whether you have any questions. Although this sounds like a fairly simple question, if unprepared it’s possible for an interviewee to totally blank out and miss a great opportunity in distinguishing himself from other candidates.

An increasingly common tactic being used by hirers and Human Resources departments is the telephone interview .  The phone interview allows the person to determine relatively quickly whether or not this person is worth an interview in person.  

Yes, you’ve heard this before:  advice like “look sharp for your interview”, “wear appropriate clothing”, etc.  The reason that these pearls of wisdom need repeating is that the job market is increasingly competitive, especially in the current economic climate.  

So you’ve got that interview that you’ve been waiting for. Now what?  

Firstly, you deserve a pat on the back for managing to make yourself stand out from most of the other job applicants with your covering letter and resume.  By now, your prospective employer would have already drawn a picture in his mind of what kind of person he or she thinks you are and is interested to get to know you better to assess whether you’re in fact the right candidate for the job.

A long-standing piece of advice for writing resumes is to use keywords that help best describe your abilities to a prospective employer.  This is definitely good advice, because a prospective employer will naturally zoom in on these keywords and take a little more care in reading an application containing them.
 
So, why not use that strategy in your interviews?

Do you remember when you were younger and your mother used to yell at you to stop slouching and sit up straight?  Well, whether she knew it or not, she was actually preparing you for job interviews. 

Body language is a key way in which people make judgments about other people.  Yes, the idea of judging somebody solely on their appearance without getting to now them is poor social etiquette, but it happens nevertheless.