5 Responses to “25 things to say to the interviewer to get the job you want”

1. Rocket
   July 3rd, 2010 at 4:55 am

   I listened to this audio book in preparation for an interview. It came across as very old school. Basically do whatever you can to suck up to your boss, the boss is of supreme importance, believe this and you will make it to the corner office. I found the material that was valid to be poorly conveyed. Instead of this recording helping me prepare for my interview I found myself incredulously amused at its content.
   Rating: 1 / 5

2. Thomas Carlyle
   July 3rd, 2010 at 5:06 am

   I am writing to thank Mr. Hawk for inspiring me, and for giving my brother and me the job getting skills we needed to achieve our goals. His book is a revelation as well as a tool that everyone should have.

   Finding a job with a decent salary is a struggle. More people are going to college, and expectations from job candidates are rising. Mr. Hawk is is right; being qualified isnt enough. I listened to his book and was immediately inspiierd to put the information to use. Listening to the book isnt’t nearly enough; you have to pay attention and rehearse. Preperation is a must.

   My brother just graduated from University of California at Santa Barabara. For the first time in his life, he felt afraid. He feared he would end up waiting on tables. Having spent so much money and time, away from home, on his education, that would’ ve been a complete waste.

   So, he and I listened to the book, and practiced what we had learned. Step by step, we rehearsed being interviwer and interviewee. This exercise and the brilliant insights paid off immediately. My brother rose above the rest of the applicants, and got a job at one of the most successful technology companies in Silicon Valley, California. Mr. Hawk’s book armed my brother with the skills and confidence he needed to stand out, to be noticed from among the rest of the applicants, and to get hired. I used the book to get a full-time job, here, as a resident services coordinatior. I am only 22 years old, and I am in the top 40 percent of UK residents making a good salary. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Mr.Hawk
   Rating: 5 / 5

3. S. Savage
   July 3rd, 2010 at 6:48 am

   This book consisted of two things:

   1. Obvious advice that you already know, expressed in quite a condescending tone: take responsibility when you do something wrong and make it right, don’t be a slacker, etc.

   2. Advice that might have made sense in the 1950s, but that will cripple your career if you follow it in this century. The author imagines a cozy, predictable, unchanging business world that yields success to rigid, top-down, head-in-the-sand, command-and-control organizations, and to workers who model themselves as square cogs in square wheels, closing themselves off to innovation and to communication, thought and life beyond their own departments and corporations. These attitudes are not what winning firms want in their new hires.
   Rating: 1 / 5

4. SLJ
   July 3rd, 2010 at 8:22 am

   Who wrote this book, Gordon Gekko on steroids? Not only are his suggestions unrealistic, they’re sycophantic. I felt like I was getting bullied by frat boys listening to this. Anyone who says these in an interview or implies them in a cover letter would come across as an insincere backslapper. I can’t imagine these promises applied in any practical way to a real job, let alone make a positive impression on an interviewer. If you have to promise to sleep over and risk your own health to your boss at the interview, is that really the job you want? Or would be offered?
   Rating: 2 / 5

5. mh208
   July 3rd, 2010 at 10:39 am

   I can’t imagine anyone being taking seriously in a job interview if they were to actually apply the advice outlined in this material. I’m not totally convinced this isn’t a parody of a job interview guide to perfectly honest. If they repackaged it under “how to be a mindless `yes-man’ and corporate rear-kisser in 25 easy steps” any put some fun, silly fonts on the cover, it’d probably be a better seller.
   Rating: 1 / 5