Why are Manhole Covers Round?: The Renowned Interview Success Guide to Help You Past the Famous Microsoft Interview Question (or Any Other Job Interview You're Facing) - Softcover

Mulraine, Charlie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905823800 ISBN 13: 9781905823802

Publisher: Ecademy Press, 2010

Synopsis

"Why are Manhole Covers Round" is Microsoft's well-known interview question that still stops hopeful job applicants in their tracks. In today's job market, the last thing you need is a trick interview question that stumps you right out of the job of your dreams. It's why so many graduates and first-time job seekers around the world have come to rely on Mulraine's "Interview Success Guide" - it's the all-in-one, up-to-date resource to absolutely transform the way you approach job hunting, write cover letters, make first impressions and ace crucial interviews. "Why are Manhole Covers Round" shows you how to: recognise and appreciate your unique strengths and passions; communicate your abilities in a compelling manner at every stage of the recruitment process; create powerful and valuable networks for your future career development; build rapport with clients enabling you to speak their language during interviews and presentations; and, approach job hunting with confidence and a real sense of purpose. "Why are Manhole Covers Round" steers you from a potential fall down the deep, dark hole of joblessness to scoring the job of your dreams.

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Review:

An in-depth, humorous and above all practical guide to searching for and getting your dream job --Carla Cringle, People Manager, Red Bull UK

Through his wealth of knowledge, Charlie passes on these expert tools and tricks of the trade to get the most out of where you are now and where you want to go --Will Jefferson, Professional Cricketer

This book successfully breaks down the job seeking process into well thought out chapters and manageable tips. There really is no excuse for a candidate to be under-prepared since every single aspect of the process is covered, including useful exercises to define your career purpose and a section on typical interview questions --Denys Shortt, Chairman, CEO DCS Europe & Enable Software

From the Author:

The purpose of this book is to take the fear out of being interviewed and to give you the tools to be able to approach interviews with confidence and a strong sense of purpose.

It has been an enjoyable challenge to bring together all of the tips and advice that I have gathered over ten years of working in the careers industry. The book has been structured in a way that covers everything from securing an interview to the point of signing your contract of employment. Each chapter is made up of `bite-sized' pieces some of which may appear flippant at times but I can assure you that each one has an important message. I have deliberately made an effort to write the tips from an employer's point of view and I have not been afraid to unmask some of the strategies that clients adopt when conducting interviews.

We are all guilty of overlooking the fundamentals, especially when we become more proficient in something, and therefore I have aimed to create a guide that you can refer to as your career develops in the future.

If I were only able to give you one `top tip' then it would be this: remember that an interview is merely
a two-way conversation and not an interrogation.
It is an opportunity for you to tell your story, to sell
your strengths and to communicate enthusiastically your ambitions to someone who wants to listen. In the busy world that we live in today, we are rarely granted this luxury. If you keep this one thought in mind you will be one step closer to the success that you deserve.

And finally, why are manhole covers round? If you ever interview with Microsoft you may need a sensible answer!

Use this book wisely and I wish you every success for the future.

My very best wishes
Charlie

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecademy Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1905823800
• ISBN 13: 9781905823802
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132