With so many tips and advice out there, here are some suggestions for interviewing from a Bookkeeping and Accounting Employer to help you out.

Remember the four C's of interviewing:

1. Confidence

2. Communication

3. Curiosity

4. Class

1. Confidence – Confidence is a learned skill. It is also the skill that I think is the most important to have and portray in any job interview. You cannot easily fake it without coming across as arrogant or a know it all. But again you can learn it. So how do you learn to have confidence? Well for starters understand what it is.

Confidence is the outward expressions that displays to others through verbal language, body language, and eye language that you believe in who you are and what you can do. You may have noticed the term eye language in the previous sentence. It's sometimes said eyes are the window to the soul. It is important to look people in the eye when interviewing. Constantly looking down at the floor or off to the side can lead someone to believe you are not very confident in what you are saying.

To help you feel more confident in job interviews remember the following. The person who is interviewing you is a lot of times more interested in how they are interviewing then listening to everything you are saying. This may sound strange but it is often true. Sometimes the people giving job interviews have not given enough interviews to feel comfortable. You can use this to your advantage in many situations. If you recognize you are interviewing with this type of person you can subtly make them feel better by being relaxed, and making them feel like they are doing a good job. For an example say the interviewer's boss comes into the room to speak with you or see how things are going. You can make a comment like, “(interviewer_name) has given me a really good description of the job and it makes me even more interested in working for the company.”

2. Communication - Remember communication is a two way street. One of the quickest ways to get in the unemployment line is to constantly talk in an interview without taking time to really listen to the other person. Slightly nodding your head every once in awhile affirms you understand what the other person is saying. Also it is important to speak clearly and intelligently. You can sometimes control the tone of an interview by how you answer questions, make comments, and ask questions. The tone of the interview can summarize how the interview went. If you sound like a pre-programmed robot then the interviewer may walk away feeling like the interview was boring. Be relaxed and remember that it's not all about your skills, education, and experience only. A big part for interviewers is determining if you would “fit in” to the group.

3. Curiosity - If curiosity kills the cat then non-curiosity kills the chances of you getting the job you want. To clarify, by curious, I don't mean asking question after question or making sure you understand every single detail of the position. Since this is your career, and what you will be doing, (if you accept the position - notice the confidence J ) make sure you ask questions when it is not clear. Sometimes when I interview candidates I feel like I could stop in the middle of my sentence and say “as part of this position you will be eating ant hills” and not receive a blink of a response from the candidate.

4. Class - Last but not least, make sure you have class about you. Always dress professional, be polite, don't cuss, or park in some ones spot. Sometimes it is the little things that you do or don't do that can turn your employment search into a long adventure.