Book Description
MORE answers to MORE questions than any other interviewing guide. Sell yourself with style and win the interview game! The most crucial part of your job search is knowing how to respond to the toughest interview questions ù because the best candidate doesn't necessarily get the job....the best interviewee does! In Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions, career expert Matthew J. DeLuca reveals the secret agenda behind every kind of question interviewers ask, and prepares you to answer them all. Never again be at loss for words when an interviewer hits you with an icebreaker...thought provoker...curve ball...stress tester...and even an illegal question that shouldnÆt be asked but needs an answer.
Customer Reviews:
Preparation, Preparation, Preparation..........2007-08-23
Well written, easy to use, practical guide to questions you are very likely to hear in your interview. While the claim to provide the "best answers" may be arguable, the questions were on target and the ideas for how one might answer them were excellent. This book is great for those who hire as well as for those who are seeking employment. Worth the investment.
I'm working!.......2007-02-11
I have been out of work for a little over a year, and all my previous employments were temp jobs so I needed to brush up on everything. After reading the reviews I decided to go with this book.
I have never regretted it since and have recommended it to close friends. I kid you not when I say that during my interview I ended up interviewing the interviewer. Before the interview I did what the book said and read up on the company and found out that they had won several awards which I later mentioned to her. Apparently none of the other candidates did their homework b/c she acted impressed over that. I asked questions concerning downsizing, why she chose to work there, how long has she worked for the company, her management style. She was very friendly and very talkative...ended up telling me about her daughter in college, her background (which I found out we were raised in the same country!), etc. Making sure not to discuss salary/benefits with her (something the book recommended and I stuck to until I met the VP who gave me what I asked for) And eventhough I had to be tested after speaking to her, I was confident enough to ask her questions during the test and be honest about things I didn't understand. She even showed me the tricks behind the test! Something the recruiter said was not done with anyone else. The only thing I wished I had done was my homework in salary negotiating. So for those of you out there, do your homework on salary and negotiating tips before the interview! Do get this book for you high school/college grad. It's easy to read, down-to-earth, and for today's job hunters.
Just Okay.......2007-01-28
There was some good information in this book. However, there's very little new infromation that's not available for free somewhere else. What's you're paying for is mainly the time it took the author to compile the infromation gathered from numerous places. Most people serious enough to buy a book like this probably won't have a problem finding work anyway.
Land your dream job!.......2006-11-24
I bought this book because I was told of pending layoffs due to selling a division of the company. I had been there almost 5 years, so I definitely needed to get a review on my Interviewing skills.
This book prepared me with questions that might be asked, possible answers and questions that cannot be asked. I especially liked Ch.10 "Stress Questions" These type questions really make you think about your career, where you've been and where you intend to go. Answers to these questions, I feel, enable you to elaborate on other questions that might be asked during an interview. It really is about the applicant as a whole and what you have to offer that company.
This book helped me land my dream job (seriously) and I hope it does the same for you!
A good book to review when looking for a job.......2006-11-21
If for nothing else the books forces you to review your work history and have every bit of information about your self available.
The numerous questions will help anyone become more familiar with one's self and be able to answer most any question without hesitation. This book does not have ALL the questions, but just reading through it and answering the ones present forces you to be aware of all your experience (good and bad). Now that you know your "work experience" you can turn it into a resume and better sell your self.
The book was a definite help for me.
Book Description
The HR Answer Book addresses 200 questions that every employer needs to deal with, from recruiting and hiring to discipline and termination, compensation and benefits to training and employee relations. Accessible and concise, this on-the-job companion offers expert guidance on all types of "people" issues, enabling managers and human resources professionals to:
* Save time, money, and trouble * Increase employee productivity, satisfaction, and retention * Attract and hire the best candidates while avoiding the inferior ones* * Handle tough issues like sexual harassment, Internet and e-mail usage, performance problems, and more -- fairly, sensitively, and legally.
The HR Answer Book is an easy-to-use problem solver that can be read cover-to-cover or as a quick reference in specific situations. An appendix of tools, templates, and lists of additional resources completes this excellent and valuable guide.
Customer Reviews:
HR Answer Book, The: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Human Resources Professionals.......2007-06-08
Excellent quick resource for a wide range of HR questions.
An excellent resource.......2006-10-06
I highly recommend this book. I run a HR department by myself and since it is just me, myself, and I - this book gets lots of use; just to get another perspective on how something should be handled or feedback "so to speak."
It is written in a simple, clear, and direct manner. Very easy to use and understand.
This is easy ! .......2006-04-12
I bought this book last year while coaching an HR professional. What I didn't realize is how much I needed to have this information on hand here in my office. Time after time my staff and I will use this as a resource when questioning an issue with pay,hiring,firing,what is fair and what is right for our employees. I have also found I will use when I suspect a client might be in a grey zone with an employee. A must have for small business owners! Alicia Fruin
An Essential Desktop Reference.......2006-03-15
MBaumann, Cosmetics Executive, March 14, 2006,
An Essential Desktop Reference
A smart,informative, entertaining guide to a serious subject...filled with FAQs that you sometimes didn't even know you needed to ask! Quickly became an everyday reference that I turn to again and again. Set up in an extremely reader-friendly fashion (perfect for those of us who don't have a lot of patience or time to spend looking things up) that makes sense of the language of HR. Once I read it, I bought it for all the managers in my team and recommend it to everyone who has ever encountered an uncomfortable HR situation (or hopes to avoid one!)
It's a start........2006-02-17
Not a bad book. It totally ignores Employee and Labor Relations for the most part. No discussion about unions as I recall. Could cover contingent workers more too. It's a good place to look-up something and from there, go to the Internet.
Product Description
A Java/J2EE technical job interview guide for job seekers, promotion seekers, pro-active learners and interviewers.
Learn the core concepts and issues relating to Java/J2EE in an easy to understand questions and answers approach .
Covering over 220 interview questions and answers on:
Java, J2EE, Applet, Servlets, JSP, EJB, JNDI, RMI, JDBC, LDAP, JMS, XML, RUP, UML, STRUTS, SQL, Design concepts & design patterns, JUnit, Ant, CVS, Development process, Emerging technologies/frameworks like AOP, IoC, Hibernate, Spring, JSF and more.
Customer Reviews:
Good content, terribly written.......2007-10-06
This book covers most of the topics one might need for a J2EE interview, and in that sense it is a good book. Quite adequate for reviewing before interviews just as I'm doing.
However, even if it is a technical book, it should be written using adequate English grammar and using good writing techniques. Just as J2EE has its tricks, so does English. A more professional layout would also be useful. The book needs an editor. Urgently.
A very good book for beginers.......2007-10-05
When I initially saw the price for this book I was a lil hesitant to buy. But then I thot lets see may be this will help in making good impression in my interview.
I am really happy with the content of this book. All the questions which you think will be asked in the interview are covered in this book. Answers are precise and make the point clear.
If you are a beginner and looking for a job this book is for you. Atleast helped me a lot.
I would definitely like to suggest the author that if could publish some more books like this on other technologies like PHP, Perl...would be an excellent idea.
Kirk.......2007-09-18
This book is really helpful for readers who have a good knowledge on Java basics and ofcourse OOPS concepts.
excellent , got me a good job at first chance .......2007-09-09
This is really a good book and i would recommend it for all the candidates who is trying to seek a new job in java/j2ee field .covers almost everything that an interviewer can ask , and if any candidate goes through every line of the book , then i think its impossible for anyone to do an interview badly even if you have not worked in some frameworks as this book is decorated with extremely good examples for interview purpose and covers all the latest j2ee topics and framework .
But this book is not dictionary for java learning though , there is 100% chance that a person can go through the interview well if the candidate as gone through everyword in this book .Explains all the core concept in a simple question and answer form and also underlines the important ones.I myself got a good job and not only did i do the inteview well , i was also confident that i would do a good interview that must have showed in my attitude aswell during the interview.
Thanks to Arulkumaran for writing this book.
a strenuous test of your java knowledge.......2007-05-29
It's a long exam, by some standards. The questions range very widely, and offer a strenuous test of your java knowledge. The relatively easy section comes first. Where the questions are about standard java. The java that is usually denoted J2SE. Many java programmers should breeze thru it. Anyone with fluency in writing vanilla java won't have any problems. Perhaps in recognition of this, the author has kept this section relatively brief.
The meat of the exam is about Enterprise level java. J2EE. Much of this relates to running an enterprise program on a server. What type of server? Some questions concern when you have a web server. So brush up on Java Server Pages, Servlets and Beans. Speaking of beans, you also need to cover EJBs.
Another type of server is when you have to hook up to a SQL database. And there are questions about how to do this. Plus, interacting between a java program and XML is an important practical topic. Also covered. Along with running unit tests, via JUnit, and implementing a logger.
More is covered. Good revision before a job interview.
Average customer rating:
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- I got the job!
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For years, interviewees have relied on 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions. In fact, more than 500,000 people have used prior editions. The book begins with an overview of the interviewing process. Then, questions are grouped by chapter to cover the full range of possible interview topics--everything from, "Why are you thinking of leaving your current job?" to "When can you start?" This brand new edition is thoroughly updated to reflect the realities of today's job market.
Customer Reviews:
Best book ever!.......2007-02-15
This is the best book I have ever bought related to interviews! I have gotten every job thanks to this book. A must if you are looking to land the job!!
Great Tool and Refresher.......2007-01-15
This book is a great tool to help when you are about to interview, dosen't matter how long it has been. I would recommend this to anyone regardless of your title.
It works.......2006-05-31
I have used this book to get greats jobs with very good pay. This book will help you make a great first impression with the interviewer and will give you a leg up on your competition. I would never go to a job interview with out going over the information in this book, because it works!
I got the job!.......2006-04-11
Yes, I read the book and got the job, coincidence? Not. I have been looking for work in my industry for three years. I got what I wanted as far as salary as well. And, yes they did ask me what my favorite movie was and I was prepared. Highly recommend this book.
great book.......2005-04-14
got me the job. every interview i went into asked at least a couple of the questions in the book. I am now an interview ace. before I bought the book i did some interviews and I failed miserably. I answered their questions stutteringly and with difficulty. Once I bought the book and prepared, I blew the interviewers away. buy this book if you want the job.
Book Description
"Getting the best employees on board and weeding out the worst--without getting slapped with expensive lawsuits--are two of the most crucial and difficult jobs of human resources professionals and general managers. Now there's quick, reliable information on how to do it right. Written by employment expert Paul Falcone, The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book contains over 100 commonly asked questions ranging from basic to sophisticated, including: * Does my company need an Affirmative Action plan? * Why should I conduct an exit interview? * How do I find the best Web sites for recruiting employees? * How do I protect my company from negligent hiring claims? * How do I terminate a long-term employee with a history of positive performance evaluations? Each question is followed by a short answer and a longer ""Tell Me More"" section, making the book perfect both as a concise overview and as a practical reference." 'Paul Falcone (Valencia, CA) is Director of Human Resources at Platinum Equity in Beverly Hills, and was previously Director of Employment and Development for Paramount Pictures in Hollywood. He is the author of several best-selling books, including: 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire, 2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews, and 101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent.......2006-09-16
This covers a really wide range of subjects that pretty much every manager, supervisor or HR Rep would have to deal with at some time or another and it explains complicated issues in easy to understand language. I really like the style of this book: For every question it has a brief answer or summary that gets to the point and then has a "Tell me more" section that breaks things down in more detail (but still easy to understand). Plus it gives samples of any kind of letter, documentation, appraisal you would have to administer. I read this book cover to cover, there wasn't anything I skipped over because pretty much every question & answer was useful.
This might be good for large corporations.......2004-05-23
I'm opening a small business and need information on hiring and managing employees. After reading this book, my knowledge of hiring employees hasn't changed much. This books focuses on the legal issues and paperwork required when dealing with employees. If you are looking for insight on how to hire good workers and how to interview people, find another book.
Terrific Reference Book!.......2001-12-17
Whether you're a human resources professional or an executive or manager in a company without a human resources department, you are confronted by all sorts of difficult personnel questions. Hiring and firing can be highly complicated subjects. Scary. Unless you have someone you can turn to for reliable advice.
Never fear. Paul Falcone is here! The author of "96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire" and "101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems" has authored a book that will relieve the stress in your people-management life. Falcone is Director of Employment and Development Paramount Pictures in Hollywood and teaches for UCLA. Here's a resource who knows what he's talking about.
This book is organized into two main sections: Hiring and Firing. Under the Hiring Section, you'll find chapters on the hiring process, recruitment tools, online recruiting, interviewing, and making the final selection. The Firing Section begins with a chapter answering common questions about the performance management and termination process. Next, the reader will learn about progressive discipline, terminations for cause and summary offenses, and reductions-in-force and layoffs.
Through these chapters, Falcone presents 112 vital questions . . . and answers. Each question is addressed with a basic answer, followed by a section titled "Tell Me More." What a wealth of information!
And, as if this weren't enough, the book also includes an appendix with sample policies, agreements, and letters. The comprehensiveness of this section is amazing. A glossary, resource list, and index provide even more value.
Highly recommended!
Packed with issues of management responsibilities.......2001-12-10
Paul Falcone's Hiring And Firing Question And Answer Book tells how best to attract, interview and select candidates for critical jobs. HR professionals in particular will find this is packed with issues of management responsibilities which carefully identifies potential problems and their solutions.
I'm recommending this to all my clients........2001-10-28
First, September 11. Then recession. Next -- and inevitable -- MORE layoffs. There's an easy way and a hard way...a right way and a wrong way...to do what many business managers now have no choice but to do. I'm a management consultant, and this book is a useful guide.
Book Description
"As valuable for the executive going into her umpteenth interview as for the college grad seeking his first real job."
- Richard Zackson, Business Coach, Professional Coaching Network
In today's job market, how you perform in an interview can make or break your hiring possibilities. If you want to stand a head above the rest of the pack, 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions is the definitive guide you need to the real, and sometimes quirky, questions employers are using to weed out candidates.
Do you know the best answers to:
It looks like you were fired twice. How did that make you feel?
Do you know who painted this work of art?
What is the best-managed company in America?
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Are you a better visionary or implementer? Why?
Leaning on her own years of experience and the experiences of more than 5,000 recent candidates, Vicky Oliver shows you how to finesse your way onto a company's payroll.
"Everything I always wanted to know about job interviews but was afraid to be asked."
Claude Chene, Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development, U.K. and Europe, Sanford Bernstein & Co.
Customer Reviews:
A Refresher!.......2007-10-08
This book refreshes you each time you want to go for an interview. It gives really witty and intelligent examples as to how to answer some tough questions. I borrowed a friend this book last week, and i can't wait to get it back. Perfect reference- this book.
Perfect interview reference........2007-06-18
This book helped me answer all my questions I had. If had lots of information about interviews and what to expect. Using this book and www.JobInterviewQuestions.us I was able to prepare for my interview and get the job!
Thanks so much.
Great Interview Preparation Guide.......2007-04-08
I had an interview today for a legal job with the federal government
and I have never been so relaxed and well-prepared for an interview,
thanks to this wonderful book. It contains many helpful hints and reassuring words, from what to pack for your interview to how to write a thank you note, and a lot about the pitfalls in between. I don't know if they will hire me, but this book may well have made the difference.
Good, but I've read better .......2006-11-10
This publication is a handy reference, however, I seem to recall reading another book on this same topic that I'd taken out from the library that seemed to provide "sample answers" that were more straightforward. However, after reading this book - especially the panel interview portion - it helped me enough to land my next job which I start on Monday (so overall it was a helpful piece of work). Good luck to you in your search and you might wish to read other books on the topic for a fuller perspective.
Well worth it!.......2006-10-10
Great book! I loved the easy to read layout, the logical and clear organization and all the excellent tips along the way; and the
interview responses were often as interesting as the questions. Great job!! I will recommend it to all my dissatisfied/out-of-work friends!
Book Description
Have you ever wondered why you didn't get a job offer after an important interview?
People interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday's strategies. They haven't realized that the best employers have changed the way interviews are done, and it now takes a different strategy to succeed.
Competency-Based Interviews shows today's candidates a new, more targeted way to prepare for the tough interviews based on the competencies that the most sophisticated employers are looking for.
Competency-Based Interviews offers you a new and more effective way to handle the tough new interviews so that you will emphasize the knowledge, skills and abilities that you have and that employers need. Most sophisticated U.S. and international employers are using competency-based systems to recruit, interview and select employees. Corporations such as American Express, Anheuser Busch, BP, Coca-Cola, Energizer, Federal Express, IBM, and Pfizer are all looking for specific competencies.
Preparing for a competency-based interview will give you the strategy you need to:
• Be selected for the most competitive positions.
• Win the best job at a new organization.
• Get a great first job or internship.
• Be chosen for that critical promotion in your current organization.
• Take control of your career path.
• Increase your salary.
• Get more interesting assignments and more interesting work
Most interviewees don't know how to be successful when they are being interviewed by an organization looking for key competencies. Few candidates answer questions so they demonstrate their own critical competencies.
Competency-Based Interviews will teach you what you need to master this tough new interview style and give the interviewers the answers that will win you the job.
Customer Reviews:
Competency-Based Interviews.......2007-09-21
I am out on the job market after a 25 year career at GM. While I interviewed and hired employees, there is nothing quite the same as your own job interview. This book is a must for anyone wanting to brush up on their interviewing skills.
A Must for Targeted Selection/Compentecy-Based Interviews.......2007-06-28
This book is a must if you have a targeted selection or competency-based interview in the near future or if you are planning to change jobs in the near future. In fact, even if you don't plan on searching for a new job within a year, I still recommend this book due to the planning advice it gives.
This is by far the best all-in-one book for targeted selection or competency-based interviews. Ms. Kessler is an excellent author and she breaks down the process on how to prepare, how to perform during the interview, and how to follow up after the interview.
Great for landing interviews.......2007-06-16
After re-writing my resume using the competency format, the interviews started pouring in! Good examples and guidelines. Have organized all my competencies and interviews are much easier.
Also recommend the full book on writing interviews.
Excellent book with very useful advice.......2007-04-07
I loaned my copy to two friends going to interviews for big jobs.
Both of them raved about how this book put them in to a fame of mind that made them very comfortable going into and during their actual interviews. It makes you think about questions and areas of your past work expereinces that you should and should not talk about and how to talk about them. Great buy.
Effective, simple and to the point.......2007-04-06
The author carefully gives you the information to help you prepare for your next interview, even if the employer is not conducting a competency based interview. I have had three interviews in the last two weeks and two of three employers used competency based interviewing techniques. I was fully prepared and unsurprised. The book is also simple to read and provides you with summaries that help bring it all together. Additionally, the book gets to the point. I was examining my competencies in the first chapter. The book is also helpful in that it provides case studies that help improve your responses.
Product Description
Sell Yourself teaches individuals, from all walks of life, to sell and promote themselves in all types of job interviews.
Customer Reviews:
Sell Yourself.The title says it all........2006-12-18
I just had to write a review of this wonderful book after seeing the totally erroneous and misleading review that was posted here about it. I used this book to get a great job.
Let's be honest and give this book and the author a fair shake. The title says it all, "Sell Yourself: Master the Job Interview Process." That's pretty plain. The author mentions that there are many books on writing resumes and searching for jobs. She has focused on what she feels is the most important, and yet most neglected area of the job interview process and that is the lack of preparation that leads to interview failure. What is that lack of preparation? It is the failure to learn how to sell yourself that causes the interviewee to fail. How do I know this? I wrote my own resume first. Then I hired a professional to write a great resume for me. I studied "resume writing" and "finding jobs" and even "examples of interview questions" and it didn't help me during the interview at all. Why? Because you can hire someone to write a great resume for you and you can even write one yourself. However, when you show up for the interview you have to be able to perform. In other words you really have to be able to "sell yourself" to the potential employer. If you fail to do that, you will fail to get the job.
The book is very well organized and clear in purpose. It provides great information on successfully answering interview questions and winning the job. That's the goal. Win the position!
I say, way to go Jane Williams. You have given thousands of people very sound selling advice and explained how to use it to get the job of their dreams.
Just overrated.......2006-12-09
This book is just a collection of salesman techniques. The first chapter devote to resume writing are just a plain waste. They don't even scratch the subject and you would be better getting a book dedicated to this topic.
As for the rest, I found the content lacking of a strong organization. The author is clearly relating to her experience in the health care industry. This is why I think that the title is misleading. There are many other books on this subject and I think you can safely pass this one without missing anything important.
Not recommended given the abundant literature available on this subject.
Amazing Insight Into the Job Interview Process.......2006-07-08
As a manager who has interviewed many people and who thought of myself as something of an expert on interviewing, I found that there was still much for me to learn. Before I applied for a promotion I thought I would pick this book up because it was inexpensive and it promised to give more than the typical "resume writing, cover letter and tips on networking" slant. I did not think that I was likely to get much from it. I was so wrong!
This is a truly amazing approach to the job interview process because this author happens to be an excellent sales person. She teaches the reader through examples and explanations exactly how to sell themselves during an interview. This is the critical performance part of the interview. The very reason I bought the book was because I was curious AND because I have caught many an interviewee off-guard and made them squirm uncomfortably during an interview.
I work in a financial servicing industry and not in sales at all and this book helped me to perform well enough during the interview that I received a promotion competing with a person that I thought would surely be promoted over me. My boss stated how impressed he was with my preparation and my interview and how surprised he was because he had not seen that side of me. If you can only buy one interview book, buy this one.
Decent book.......2006-04-13
The subtitle reads "Insider's Guide to the World of Pharmaceutical Sales" (enlarge the pic). Most of the book is focused on how to get a job in sales, specifically, pharmaceutical sales. It probably won't do too much good to someone who is a totally different industry.
Other than that, the book contains few good tips for both seasoned pros and recent graduates and is written in a clear and understandable way. It is worth its price but is not a jewel.
Concise - A must have!.......2006-03-20
Well written and very up to date. I have been on several interviews and this book really explains some of the challenges we face in the interview process. This book helps to characterize many aspects of the questions you face in the interview process. How to over come very sensitive work problem issues that you need to disclose in the interview and hiring process. I highly recommend buying this book before going out to meet your prospective employer.
Book Description
When first published over 30 years ago, The Evaluation Interview gained immediate recognition as one of the best books on the subject of interviewing. Since then it has become widely acknowledged as the essential reference for organizations and personnel interviewers. The American Society for Personnel Administration even named the second edition the ``outstanding human resource management book'' of 1978. Now updated and revised, The Evaluation Interview is more useful than ever. With the increasing globalization of business, cut-throat competitiveness, and corporate downsizing, it is imperative that organizations hire more versatile people and retrain and develop employees already on board. This indispensable guide shows companies how to do just that, focusing on the many applications of Richard Fear's proven step-by-step method for assessing an applicant's work history, education, social adjustment, and motivation. New to the fourth edition are sections applying interview techniques for team-building, for strategic visioning, and for appraisal information feedback--a powerful tool for improving motivation and employer relations. What's more, it includes a new interview guide for college recruiters and forms and guidelines for recording and evaluating the results. The Evaluation Interview, Fourth Edition, is certain to continue setting the standards for how American businesses can hire and keep the best employees.
Customer Reviews:
Review of The Evaluation Interview.......2007-03-21
This book not only provided expert subject matter, it also provided a lot of good templates/resources to take advantage of. Whether you are seasoned interviewed/recruiter or just starting in the process, this book will put in the right direction of the true interview.
Quaint, but well worth reading.......2003-05-17
This is an updated version of an old book about interviewing techniques. It is reasonably up-to-date, but it takes a rather quaint view of the hiring process. It assumes that a typical company has a large and politically powerful human-resources department which has been given vast amounts of time, staff, and resources to engage in a fastidiously objective hiring process. It also assumes that a company's management actually knows what the firm's future personnel needs are. Most unrealistically of all, it assumes that HR and line managers actually communicate with one another. Even in 1968 when Chiron & Fears wrote the first edition of this book, this was a pollyannaish viewpoint. In 2003, their assumptions add up to a ludicrous fantasy.
The heart of the book is a detailed explanation of a methodology for conducting structured hiring interviews. It also covers yearly perfomance reviews and related topics. The authors frankly describe how to create an illusory rapport with the interviewee while homing in on the character flaws which might make him or her unfit to hold the job he or she is interviewing for. The flaws the authors think you should be particularly worried about are laziness and stupidity.
It is a useful book for anyone who has to do hiring interviews, even when the company is trying to cut corners in the hiring process. It is even more useful for the interviewee, because after the reading the book, you have a better idea what the person on the other side of the desk is looking for. (By the way, the authors tell interviewers to AVOID sitting on the far side of a desk.)
It is worth buying the book just for the discussion of the dreaded "strengths and weaknesses" question. You should admit to a weakness while proving you don't really have that weakness. A good weakness to admit to seems to be "I don't work hard enough"--- assuming you can convince the interviewer that you are in fact a workaholic.
I have taken a sarcastic view of this book's content, but it is well worth reading and contains many excellent suggestions. Although I personally don't agree with many aspects of Chiron and Fears' methodology, I do think the business world would be a more humane place if more companies used a similar methodology (or just about ANY methodology) to evaluate job applicants.
I gave the book a 5th star for actually being readable and entertaining (unlike most management books.)
a perfect evaluation of an applicant can be quite tricky..........2001-02-24
This books leads you through the application process from the employer viewpoint. It shows you where to, what to consider and how to circumvent traps.
It doesn't provide you with worksheet-like lists where you can make crosses to evaluate the candidate.
Book Description
Cash in on Your Own Experience
You possess a wealth of special knowledge and experience. You are mature—a veteran, a survivor. If you were an employer, you’d hire yourself in an instant.
Hubert Bermont did. One day he was a successful, but unfulfilled, middle-aged corporate executive. The next day he was out on the street, a victim of downsizing. Within two years he was making considerably more money than ever before, working as a full-time, self-employed consultant. Since then, he has helped thousands of other people achieve similar success, and he’ll do the same for you. In these pages he clearly explains how you can launch your own thriving consulting business and operate it for greater profit and personal satisfaction.
“Hubert Bermont knows more about consulting than anyone. Just as important, he knows how to communicate his ideas simply and directly. Regardless of your field, he can show you how to succeed. My advice to you is to take his advice—you just can’t miss.”
—Eugene Hameroff, director emeritus, The Consultants Institute
Customer Reviews:
the classic - this was the first book ever on the topic.......2001-12-12
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this is the classic book.
it was the first book ever on the topic.
could I want more? yes.
read howard shenson's book for the graduate degree.
this book is the place to start.
supplemental works by bob bly (not robert bly - he's the poet), jerry buchanan, jeffrey lant, joe karbo, john kremer, ted nicholas, et al may fill in special topic areas especially in the marketing of services.
this book is worth reading if you have any interest in being an independent consultant.
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Who needs any other book on consulting?.......2001-07-03
My wife read this book to me on a road trip just after I was laid off from a job, and by the time we got home, I felt charged up and ready to get started. The tips on personal networking, proposals, negotiation and formalizing the deal were especially helpful to me.
This book does not come with rose-colored glasses. If you're motivated but a little uncertain, this book gives the advice and reassurance you need to get started. If you're willing to put in the effort and be totally honest with yourself, it's no-nonsense all the way.
I would never have known that the author was not in my field. It's one of the best 'professional improvement' books I've seen.
Good Beginner Book.......2000-04-24
This book is a great book for those just beginning in the consulting field. The content is very helpful and credible because Hubert Bermont is a successful consultant himself. Bermont's main objective is how to be able to cash in on your own experience rather than work for someone else. I think this is good advice for those interested in external consulting because you must learn through your own experiences and mistakes in order to be succssful. This book is easy to read and understand and I would definitely recommend buying this book and using it to your advantage!
Helps give you direction.......1999-03-31
I think that this book helps you choose and succeed at any type of consulting career you choose. A complementary resource I found was Vaultreports.com which helps you land a great job once having chosen your career.
I was disappointed.......1999-03-18
While this book does have some good information, overall I was disappointed. I found most of the information general and for a book that's in it's 3rd edition, I didn't expect to read about typewriters! What I did appreciate was the author certaintly has his own way of doing things - and the advice he offers is solid and practical, something you don't often find in other books. Just the fact that he has no financial debt makes it advice worthy. If I had to do it over, I'd read it in the library or B & N.
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