Arrive Early

Give your self plenty of time to get there and arrive a few minutes early to have a moment to collect your thoughts and take in the surroundings. When you are shown onto the room your possible future boss will get up and shake hands and offer you a chair. Sit neatly and put down your bag and gloves so that you aren’t likely to drop them in a fit of nerves or fiddle with them while you talk. Fiddles are very off-putting at interviews. You’ll probably to be given a test if it is a secretarial job, so have a pad and pencils with you (two, in case one break). Let the interviewers ask the questions, but try not to be monosyllabic about the answers. If he asks about your training, tell him about the part of it which interested you specially.

Most employers will ask about your self and your home and hobbies. this is to get an idea of the sort of person you are. If you are have enthusiasm and seem congenial and adaptable . Don’t be tempted to prattle irrelevancies, but give him some indication of your interest and your background.

For instance, if the job is with a firm or antique dealers tell your prospective boss about that course of evening classes you took last year on Furniture Through the Ages. It shows willing.