Start CMP Graduate Programs Overview Information Sessions Grad. Your performance in the written job application gets you an interview, but it's at the job interview that the major decision is made as to the most suitable applicant for a position. It's how you promote yourself at interview that gets you the job. Despite feelings to the contrary, be aware, that nearly all aspects of the job interview process are under your control.
Preparation is the key to a good interview performance.
You need to be in touch with what you have to offer the employer. In preparing your job applications you've already spent a lot of time on self assessment. Prior to your interview, you need to be clear about what you have actually marketed to the employer on paper and how you are going to demonstrate that at interview. You really need to know your story, and be able to tell it. The interviewers' will have your resume and will be thinking about various strengths and weaknesses that your resume displays.