Interview myths

Interview myths

One important reason people fail at interviews is because of several
misconceptions, or myths, about what really happens during the
course of an interview. All of us know that the purpose of interviews
is for an interviewer to hire someone who will perform well in a
particular job, but beyond that few people fully grasp how interviews
really work and what makes one candidate stand out more than
another.

This lack of understanding represents a major obstacle to
maximising performance when sitting before an interviewer and
trying to give your best answers. Interviews are no different to other
endeavors in life: the better you understand how they work (or don’t
work), the higher the probability of tackling them successfully. An
understanding of the underlying dynamics inherent in most
interviews is an important start to improving your interview
performance.