Enthusiasm key in interviews

Candidates for sales jobs should make sure they show their enthusiasm for a job role in interviews, one expert has claimed.

The comments follow the penultimate episode of BBC One TV show The Apprentice last week, which featured high pressure interviews for the remaining five candidates

Rhonda Lusty of the BBC warned that it was important that candidates prepared for interviews carefully to avoid some of the mishaps on the show.

She notes in particular that it was essential to remain professional at all times, even when showing your enthusiasm.

Ms Lusty told ClickAJob: "Although you want to come across in a professional manner, it's also important to be enthusiastic and show the interviewer that you have a personality that will fit in well with the team."

Meanwhile, in a survey of the most stupid interviews moves ever experienced by employers, including sales recruiters, US firm Office Team found no end of howlers.

Among some of the gaffs one employer reported that an interviewee had been confused about which company the interview was with and started talking about the strengths of a competing firm.


Aaron Wallis offers one of the largest resources of interview advice and career tools available to UK jobseekers

Filed: 12-06-2008