Follow these tips to make sure you always tip the odds in your favor during face to face interview.

While there is no guarantee that you will get the job you are applying for, there are a number of things you can do to dramatically tip the odds in your favor. For each tip that you follow, the chances of you successfully gettingthe job you want will dramatically increase.

The first tip is to always make it a habit to show up to the job interview site about fifteen minutes early. You do not want to take the chance of being so much as a minute late.

While you do not want to be too early, being too late is a sure fire way to not get the job. Some people like to arrive to the interview site 30 minutes later and then head into the building 15 minutes before the interview starts. This gives you time to clear your mind and think.

Once you arrive in the building for the interview, treat everyone you encounter with respect, especially the receptionist. While the receptionist may be on the lower rung of the company, the way in which you treat them can have a big impact on your job outlook.

In addition to this, the receptionist today could be a manager tomorrow, and you may be working under them! If the receptionist gives their opinion of you to their superiors, you will want it to be a positive one.

During the interview, if the person interviewing you becomes casual, this does not mean that you should be. Always maintain a professional look, and do not call the interviewer by their first name unless you know they allow it.

If you are a smoker, avoid smoking before the job interview. Some people hate the smell of cigarette smoke, and if this smell is detected on you when you arrive, you will have one strike against you.  Chewing gum during thejob interview is also a big "no."

Another thing that will get you in a lot of trouble during your job interview is your cell phone. While mobile phones are very convenient, and can even be a life saver in certain situations, they can kill your chances of successfully passing ajob interview.

Make sure your cell phone is turned "off" during the interview. If the phone rings during your interview, you can kiss the job offer good bye.

More Job Interview Etiquette

Studies have shown that over 50% of the communication that occurs between homo sapiens comes from the body, not the mouth. This means that not only must you pay attention to the things you say during the job interview, but you will also want to pay attention to the things you say with your body.   This is referred to as non-verbal communication or behavior.

During the job interview, some of the non-verbal communication behaviors that you will want to practice include sitting up straight, smiling often (but not too much), and maintaining regular eye contact with the interviewer while not staring. As you sit down for the interview, make sure you sit still, and do not fidget around. It is also important to make sure you avoid slouching.

Face to Face Job Interview Preparation

When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail

The ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu said that "victorious warriors win first and then go into battle, while losers go to battle first and then try to win."

While some may find it difficult to understand the meaning behind this quote, it is directly related to how you can succeed during the job interview, and can be summed up in one word: preparation.

successful people are often those who prepare themselves for things in advance. They do not improvise by just showing up to the job interview, trying to succeed as it takes place.

Instead, they prepare themselves mentally and physically in advance. This article will teach you how to prepare yourself.

"Physically prepare yourself for the job interview," that means you need to be very clean cut. Your clothes, hair, and body should be clean.

You should make sure your clothes are ironed, and hardly any wrinkles should be present when you show up.

Make sure you get any lint out of your clothes as well. Companies are not interested in hiring people who are not clean cut professionals, so this is the image you must convey.

Clothes which are wrinkled or dirty will make you look tacky, dirty, and unprofessional, and this ensures that you will not get the job.

While having clean cut clothes doesn't mean you need to go out and spend a fortune on a new wardrobe, you must make sure the clothes you do wear are clean and pressed.

It is also important to make sure the clothes don't have any holes, missing buttons, or things of that nature.

The colors should also match. Once you've prepared yourself physically for the interview, you will next need to prepare yourself mentally.

Mental preparation refers to the mindset that you must have in order to succeed during the interview.

You must have confidence without arrogance, and you must be capable of answering the questions that you will be asked during the interview.

Mental Preparation for the Interview

It is impossible for you to know the exact questions that you will be asked during the job interview. While there are some general questions that many employers ask, such as why you want to work for the company, or where do you see yourself in five years, there is no guarantee what order these questions will come in.

Instead trying to predict the questions that you will be asked, there are some general things that you can do to make sure you're mentally prepared for the interview process. One of the smartest things you can do is research the company in advance. Many people are so desperate to get a job that they don't bother to research the companies they apply with.

Always Research the Company in Advance

For the typical man or woman, once they find out that the salary or benefits are to their liking, they apply for the job. You have to be smarter than this. Researching the company in advance will give you data which can be used during the job interview.

For example, if the interviewer asks you why you want to work for the company, and you've researched them in advance, you will have a good answer. You should also take the time to think carefully about the skills and characteristics you have which will allow you to be a valuable asset to the company. It is critical to make sure you can separate yourself from the other applicants, in a positive way.

How to Handle Pressure During Interview

You may have received many pieces of advice from friends and relatives on how to behave in a job interview. There could be so much pressure on you that you tend to seek the advice of others who may have ideas on how to behave exactly as what you are naturally, but you find that this is easier said than done. Since this is your first experience in an interview it is not an easy thing to handle as far as you are concerned. You have to get some help from others who have been through it before.

One of the tricks that successful actors have learned after having done hundreds of interviews and auditions may be of help to you in taking off some of thatpressure hounding you. Their way of coping with nervousness, if they were to advise you, is simple:

Treat the interview as the job itself and not what you will get if you do a good interview. So, with that frame of mind, you could lessen the psychologicalpressure that has been bothering you as you wait for the actual interview. This technique will remove that doubt causing the pressure on you (“What if I do not get this job?”) because you will feel relaxed with the thought that you are now actually working on the job. So, it is quite simple – give a good interview as you will be thinking that you are doing good on the job that you have been hired to do.

Psychologically, it will also help you to feel better if this coming interview is not the only egg in your basket, in a way of speaking, so apply for more jobs than you need. With another interview lined up for you as a result of many job applications that you have submitted, there will be lesspressure that you will feel on this very first interview that you are booked.

Wearing something that you feel well in, will also be helpful in easing the pressure. You will not be looking good and looking great during the interview if you feel uncomfortable in what you are wearing. If you have a particular piece of clothing that you consider as your interview outfit, it will help you to wear it to one or two social events to bed it in.

Be ready to have something to say in answer to an open question which the interviewer might ask, typically any one, or more, of the following:

• Tell me more about yourself than what you have written in your CV
• What have you been doing lately before this interview?
• Why made you apply for this job?
• Why do you think that we should choose you for this job?

Preparing an answer that will allow you to talk about something you've been involved in recently will help you to relieve the pressure that you are feeling. When you think of the answer that you will give and it has to do with something that you have been so enthusiastic about before, your mind will be quite occupied, causing you to forget all about thepressure of the interview.

When you report for the interview, bring other things that are not exactly related to the job you are applying for. They could be things that will help you illustrate your other skills and qualities as a person. When you show that you are just being your natural self in the interview, you are showing the kind of person that you really are – and that you have no pretensions at all.