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is it worth rehearsing
for an interview?

As part of your preparation some rehearsal time is valuable.

You know that certain standard questions are always going to
be asked of you.
‘Why do you want to leave your current employer?’

‘What do you know about this company?’
‘Are there any questions you would like to ask?’
Think through your answers to these predictable questions,
and then try to phrase them in a natural and conversational,
rather than robotic, way.

There will be sections of the interview where your response
may not be straightforward. There may be certain issues that
you are uncomfortable with. Maybe you have a gap in your C V:

the interviewer will pick up on that. Perhaps you left a job too
quickly, after only six months, or maybe you were in a job for
too long: the interviewer will home in on that.
Rehearsing the answers to these di≤cult questions will
always prove useful, because if you do not prepare them,

you will tend to become rather defensive under pressure
during the interview. At that point you are at your most
vulnerable, your most uncomfortable. If you are dealing with

an experienced interviewer, they will know that, and inevi-
tably, whenever they see a chink in your armour, any sign of
weakness, they will zero in on it, because they are trying to get
under your skin.

88 get the job you really want