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Confidence – If you are confident in yourself, others will notice it. It’s much easier to believe in someone that believes in them self.
Enthusiasm – Enthusiasm is contagious. In a professional environment it excites the people around you and makes them feel better about what they are doing. In an interview it hits two birds with one stone by displaying your personal drive and simultaneously making the interviewer feel content.
Positive Attitude – Negativity is always a direct turnoff. A positive attitude immediately sets a productive tone in an interview. This in turn gives the employer some insight into your potential within a productive employment environment.
Compatible Personality – As I stated earlier, managers habitually hire people they like. They also avoid applicants with potential personality conflicts. This can be a tough quality to work on. Personalities usually either click or clash, but you can always present yourself as a team player with the willingness for change.
Industry Awareness – General industry awareness pertaining to current trends and events can go a long way in showing your motivation to learn and grow within the field with which you are applying.
Lateral Leadership – Leadership is universally applicable across any field of work. If you’ve been successful in a leadership role, even in an setting lateral to the one you are applying for, it’s worth discussing in an interview.
Education – Education does not necessarily replace experience. However, if you have truly excelled in secondary education and earned degrees relevant to the job for which you are applying, it can get the employer’s mind off your lack of experience qualifications.
Communication Skills – Without them, you lose. Straightforward, intelligent communication makes you look confident, prepared, and trustworthy. It gives you the ability to sell yourself to an employer and sets you up to display many of the other qualities on this list.
Lifestyle Stability – Possessing a stable track record with past jobs, schooling, and even the law always works in your favor. Employers look at stability as a measure of your loyalty to others.
Appearance and Dress – While appearance isn’t everything, it can make you look older, smarter and more emotionally mature. It’s all a mental game of psychological perception. Some people do judge a book by its cover… sadly, that’s just something you will have to deal with.
Open Minded Flexibility – Displaying a flexible and open minded willingness to adapt to new environments and tasks makes you look like someone who could get any job done. And that’s all an employer really wants, someone who gets the job done.
Quick Wit – I’m certainly not suggesting that you start wise cracking, because that won’t get you anywhere. However, showing the interviewer a certain level of friendly sentiment toward a topic that naturally arises during the interview can help you out. It gives the interviewer the perception that you are able to look at things in a positive light, and it also attaches a subtle speck of your real personality to all the dry questioning. People with a likeable personality stand out from the crowd.
Determination – It’s always good measure to clearly express your determination to get things done. Make it known that you are not a quitter and that you always finish the tasks you start.
Courteous Manners – People typically have a positive reaction toward someone who displays respectful gestures and courteous manners. It shows off a certain level of kindness and also displays that person’s ability to get along well with others. When placed in front of a client or business partner, an employer wants to know that their employees are courteous and well mannered.
Genuine Sincerity – Being sincere and honest when answering questions in an interview is always the smart way to go. The basis for any successful business relationship is trust. If you start with dishonesty, you will eventually fail. One way to show a hint of sincerity during a short interview is to thoughtfully express to an interviewer that you are willing to trust their corporation with governing an influence over your general career path. Put yourself out there a little and extend an open hand.