Job Interviews

[Simon Pieman]

Why would you need your CV in front of you, unless it was complete bullshit?

[janaage]

For reference.  I don't see it as a negative to have it handy at all, actually if you have it in a professional looking folder or something similar it can look pretty good.

[Power to people]

So when they ask question you can refer to what they are talking about....

I've had a question before asking to talk them through me CV and I forget what I listed for the jobs I've had..I don't list Bullshit on my CV as you can get caught out

[suttonred]

Shows thoroughness in my book, never look at it as a negative when i interview. Saves keep showing bits you're referring to, to the candidate.

[janaage]

I think most people accept that interviews aren't always the nicest most relaxed chats and some people may forget every detail they put down.  Having a copy for yourself is fine.

[Samdy Gray]

Having a copy is fine and if there's more than one interviewer then give them each a copy, but when they ask you the "Can you give me an example of...?" questions then don't just refer to your CV for an answer.

[Lumps]

Having notes in an interview, and as Jan says neatly presented and organised, never looks like a bad thing. It makes you look serious about the job, as if you've prepared for it adequately. I've seen people make notes during the interview, and it's helped them answer some questions really thoroughly.

I present a lot in my job, and a lot of the time I don't use notes. But I always HAVE them. Because then it doesn't look like your winging it, and you don't look an arse when someone asks a question and you lose your chain of thought.

Just make sure you don't spend the whole interview looking at them. Eye contact's very important.

[Simon Pieman]

Having a copy is fine and if there's more than one interviewer then give them each a copy, but when they ask you the "Can you give me an example of...?" questions then don't just refer to your CV for an answer.

See that was my assumption really, probably because it's my sort of style to learn a 2 page summarised document inside out. But like Lumps says, I guess that could go the other way and look a bit like you're blagging it.

[Power to people]

Ohh well that went well....or not I don't know !

I don't think he asked me enough....

[Don Rogers Shop]

I always like to ask where they expect me to be in 2 years time within the company and also ask what direction they see the company going in in the forseable future.

A mate of mine got asked once that if he walked in and his boss was wearing a dress what would he do? my mate said shag him

[suttonred]

Did he get the job?

[Don Rogers Shop]

No he got offered it but did not want to work for him which is fair enough really.