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Everybody's gunning for the best jobs around, and every bit of help is useful to make sure you're the one that gets the job. Think of it like this: going to an interview without previously preparing your pitch points is much like going live on a TV show without having a clue about your role in the conversation. You can ramble enough to cover the time you are being given, but then again not having anything interesting to say will make you lose your audience forever.
To find out what truly makes a candidate shine during an interview, I’ve snatched a few inside tips from three top recruiters in Oracle that have given me a strong insight of what grabbing someone’s attention during an interview is all about.
What should candidates know before the interview?
Remember when you used to organize a party and then suddenly a bunch of people you’ve never met somehow managed to crash in? Keep that feeling in mind, because it’s close to what a recruiter feels when you show up at an interview with little knowledge about the company or the role you’re applying for. If you’re as interested in an opportunity you know nothing about as you are in one that perfectly fits your professional needs, then why strive to select jobs in the first place? People that are satisfied with any option are never a good option. So yes, your key takeaway here is research – and not just about the company, but the role and the person that’s interviewing you as well.
David Talamelli, APAC Recruitment Manager, Oracle:
“Oracle is a big company with numerous different business groups operating within it. I am more interested in what research a person does about the role they are being considered for more so than their knowledge of all of Oracle’s business activity. In today’s day and age I would expect that the person would have at least researched the Oracle Recruiter they are talking to and also should have researched the Interviewer they are going to meet. Whether a candidate is interviewing for Oracle or any other company, candidates should really look at sites like
