SDSU Career Services - Articles of Interest

Articles of Interest - Interviewing

The articles in this section relate to job interviews and interviewing skills. For more information about interviews, visit our Career Resource Room, make an appointment for a mock interview with one of our career counselors, and log into your Aztec Career Connection account to visit PerfectInterview, our online practice interview system.

If you have any resources you'd like to see added to this site, or any other comments, please contact Yiftach Levy at ylevy@mail.sdsu.edu.

Interviewing Articles
The New Trouble on the Line Job seekers, beware the telephone. For years, the phone interview was a preliminary step that allowed an employer to give a candidate the once-over and schedule an in-person interview... (read entire article)
Top Turn-Off for Hiring Manager It wasn’t being late, or even lacking company knowledge that was the biggest complaint. The number one turn-off for hiring managers was poor communication skills, according to a recent survey...... (read entire article)
What Not to Say at a Job Interview During the dozen years I've worked in human resources for global organizations, I've seen plenty of job candidates sabotage themselves during interviews.... (read entire article)
How to Nail an Interview Steinar Skipsness, a marketing pro from Seattle, set up a fake hiring situation and a couple of hidden cameras, and interviewed a bunch of people to try and come up with some tips for what makes a good interview. Here's the result (external link with embedded videos).

Interviewing Articles

The New Trouble on the Line

Job seekers, beware the telephone.
For years, the phone interview was a preliminary step that allowed an employer to give a candidate the once-over and schedule an in-person interview... (read entire article)

Top Turn-Off for Hiring Manager

It wasn’t being late, or even lacking company knowledge that was the biggest complaint. The number one turn-off for hiring managers was poor communication skills, according to a recent survey...... (read entire article)

What Not to Say at a Job Interview

During the dozen years I've worked in human resources for global organizations, I've seen plenty of job candidates sabotage themselves during interviews.... (read entire article)

How to Nail an Interview

Steinar Skipsness, a marketing pro from Seattle, set up a fake hiring situation and a couple of hidden cameras, and interviewed a bunch of people to try and come up with some tips for what makes a good interview. Here's the result (external link with embedded videos).

If you have any resources you'd like to see added to this site, or any other comments, please contact Yiftach Levy at ylevy@mail.sdsu.edu.