Most of the commercial job-search sites have professional resume services to sell you. Of these, Monster gives an unusual amount of really sound advice before you get to the sales pitch. References Letters of recommendation or phone conversations between the prospective employer and someone who knows you often make the difference between getting a job and not. Here are some guidelines. It is difficult to make hard and fast rules about interviewing skills because the details depend on your background and personality, on the status and personality of the interviewer, and on the type of job you are seeking.
All interviews require careful preparation.
Interview skills are best learned by practice. At the start of your career, it is almost always a mistake to turn down a job interview that may give you experience in interviewing, even if you're not absolutely sure you want the job. Always be exactly on time, even if it means arriving in the neighborhood half an hour early and spending it in a nearby coffee shop re-reading the job description and the company's product list until the appointed hour. Unless you have a good reason for being evasive, answer directly every question asked, usually with just a small amount of elaboration. But a worse mistake is to go on and on, and make the interviewer wonder if you will ever shut up so the next question can be asked.