If you've got an important job interview coming up, you might find yourself feeling stressed and anxious over what to say and how to tell if you're doing well.
It can be tricky to gauge these sorts of things while you're trying to put your best foot forward, but thankfully, an expert has come to the rescue.
Professor Sir Cary Cooper, an organisational psychologist from the University of Manchester has revealed what he claims are the dos and don'ts of job interviews and shared the body language cues that suggest you are on the right track.
Speaking to The Mirror, he began by claiming that one of the biggest mistakes a person can make is to interrupt an interviewer while they are talking.
He explained: "Listen to what the interviewer is saying. Don't try to cut the interviewer off at any point in time. Just listen.
"You're going to do better at an interview by listening and picking up on what you think are the important points. You'll know from the interviewer's non-verbal forms of behaviour whether it's going well or not and whether they like what you're saying.
"But don't just listen to what the person is saying, listen to their body language, pay attention to their eye contact.
"When they ask you a question, you will be able to know by looking at their posture, generally, which direction you should go in.
"But you have to be very socially sensitive to all this."
The expert also warns people not to "over talk" when answering questions.
"Don't go on and on as this turns people off, say what you have to say pretty succinctly to get the point done," he explains.
"But do show your enthusiasm and be fairly creative with your answers."
And the final 'don't' is to ensure you don't ask about salary at the start of the interview.
"Don't start talking about salary, or a starting date, or anything like this at the beginning of the conversation or anywhere near it, leave that until the end of the interview."
Instead, he claims this discussion should be left for the end of the chat as it won't make you appear interested in the work/company itself and you need to spend some time showing off your enthusiasm.
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