10 way how we can fail in an interview

By: Shrikant Tyagi

1. Get there late

2. When you get to reception, be a bit terse with the receptionist, who you feel is not being quick enough in letting your interviewer know that you have arrived. She's sure to let him know about your foul mood.

3. Don't swat up on your CV, so that when they ask what you did at company X, you're going to have to say you don't remember.

4. Wear a flash suit and swanky tie. Wear a Cartier watch and lots of big rings.

5. Don't swat up on the skills that they want from you, but which you haven't used for a while. You'll look really dumb when you can't answer the simplest of technical questions. Saying that you're sure you'll pick it up quickly again won't get you the job.

6. Moan about IR35, Fast Track Visa workers, previous companies and employers, and the plight of contractors in general. They will not be sympathetic.

7. Look bored when they tell you about their company, yawn from time to time, and say that you've no questions to ask when they're finished.

8. When they ask about your weaknesses, make a list of them, from the fact that you tend to get in late after a night on the booze, your programs are normally late and fall over in systems testing and production, that you don't get on with premise too well, and that you normally know more than your boss.

9. Have a really irritating laugh. People with this characteristic are probably amongst the most discriminated people on the planet.

10. Say you're on the Board of the Professional Contractors group

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