{"id":538,"date":"2010-07-19T08:36:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salaryfor.com\/blog\/?p=538"},"modified":"2010-09-23T21:51:55","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T01:51:55","slug":"what-not-to-say-during-a-job-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/what-not-to-say-during-a-job-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"What Not to Say During a Job Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/t1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:9kL9QxeXx3ja7M:http:\/\/images.teamsugar.com\/files\/upl0\/1\/18239\/13_2008\/job%2520interview.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Don\u2019t say:\u00a0\u201cMy current boss is horrendous.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nWhy:\u00a0It\u2019s unprofessional. Your interviewer might wonder when you\u2019d start bad-mouthing her. For all you know, she and your current boss are old pals.<br \/>\nInstead say:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m ready for a new challenge\u201d or a similarly positive remark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t say:\u00a0\u201cDo you think I\u2019d fit in here?\u201d <\/strong><br \/>\nWhy:\u00a0You\u2019re the interviewee, not the interviewer.<br \/>\nInstead say:\u00a0\u201cWhat do you enjoy about working here?\u201d By all means ask questions, but prepare ones that demonstrate your genuine interest in the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t say:\u00a0\u201cWhat are the hours like?\u201d or \u201cWhat\u2019s the vacation policy?\u201d <\/strong><br \/>\nWhy:\u00a0You want to be seen as someone who focuses on getting the job done.<br \/>\nInstead say:\u00a0\u201cWhat\u2019s the day-to-day like here?\u201d Then, if you\u2019ve\u00a0really\u00a0jumped through every hoop and time off still hasn\u2019t been mentioned, say, \u201cCan you tell me about the compensation and benefits package?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>source: <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realsimple.com\/work-life\/etiquette\/sticky-situations\/common-phrases-avoid-conversation-10000001698308\/page3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">realsimple.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salaryfor.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #3399cc;\">click here for more salary information<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t say:\u00a0\u201cMy current boss is horrendous.\u201d Why:\u00a0It\u2019s unprofessional. Your interviewer might wonder when you\u2019d start bad-mouthing her. For all you know, she and your current boss are old pals. Instead say:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m ready for a new challenge\u201d or a similarly positive remark. Don\u2019t say:\u00a0\u201cDo you think I\u2019d fit in here?\u201d Why:\u00a0You\u2019re the interviewee, not the interviewer. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[491,630,633,628,333,629,338,627,631,624,626,39,632,625],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search-advice","tag-boss","tag-compensation-and-benefits","tag-current","tag-genuine-interest","tag-interview-don","tag-interviewee","tag-interviewer","tag-job-interview","tag-new-challenge","tag-old-pals","tag-package-source","tag-salary-information","tag-time-off","tag-vacation-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}