Tony Beshara - Powerful Phrases for Successful Interviews

POWERFUL

PHRASES

for

Successful Interviews

Successful Interviews

Over 400 Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases
That Will Get You the Job You Want

Tony Beshara

FOREWORD BY

Dr. Phil McGraw

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Beshara, Tony, 1948
Power phrases for successful interviews : over 400 ready-to-use words and phrases
that will get you the job you want / Tony Beshara; foreword by Dr. Phil
McGraw.1 Edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8144-3354-6 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8144-3354-5 (alk. paper)
1. Employment interviewing. 2. Job hunting. 3. English languageTerms and
phrases. I. Title.
HF5549.5.I6B47157 2014
650.14'4dc23 2013042989

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As always, dedicated to Gods greatest blessings,
my wonderful wife and best friend, Chrissy, and our wonderful family.

by Dr. Phil

We all know it is tough out there with so much competition for every job worth having. What you need is an edgethe inside information on what interviewers really want to hear and clear instruction on how to deliver it. That edge is Tony Beshara, and he has put everything you need to stand out in the crowd right here in this book.

Interviewers questions can be challenging, and knowing the right words to say at interviews doesnt come naturally. Weve all been in interviews where weve said the wrong thing, which can make the difference in getting hired or not. On the other hand, saying the right thing in just the right way can turn a ho-hum interview into a home run.

Tony Beshara knows the ropes like no one you have ever encountered. Tony has personally helped close to 10,000 people find jobs, because he knows exactly what employers are looking for, including the key words and phrases that will get people follow-up interviews and job offers.

In this book he has distilled his decades of wisdom and experience into more than 400 easy-to-apply words and phrases. Whether youre entry level or an executive, consult this book and youll be confidently prepared for every interviewing situation, from nailing down the initial interview to negotiating your job offer.

I have seen it happen firsthand. Over the years on the Dr. Phil show Ive depended on Tony Beshara countless times to find jobs for badly discouraged guests. Tony is the very best there is at preparing candidates and then getting them jobs. Adopt his thinking, and in my opinion you will have an incredible advantage.

As always, the greatest thanks go to Chrissy for her prayers, time, and spiritual support. The AMACOM team was wonderful as always: Ellen, Barry, Jim, and Kama, thank you so much! And, again, a special thanks to the thousands of candidates and hiring authorities I have worked with over the years who have contributed to this books contents.

POWERFUL

PHRASES

for

Successful Interviews

Interviewing, finding a job, and hiring are considered among the most important business endeavors, so it might surprise you to know that the average professional hire in America involves only four hours of face-to-face interviewing. Though the emotional intensity for both finding a job and hiring are great, a job seeker should be aware that the time to make a successful impression on interviewing and hiring authorities is very short. In fact, hiring decisions are made more quickly than business managers and leaders like to admit. One McGill University study showed that most interviewers make up their mind to hire someone in the first four minutes of the interview!

Psychologists have proven, and my own experience confirms, that in the interviewing process, employers evaluate job candidates on the basis of a fewvery fewreal facts, and 90 percent of the hiring decision is made emotionally. Candidates are hired because of a few little things they do or say, and the rest is emotional justification. Psychologists call this motivated reasoning. A plethora of recent business and psychology books and articles by authors like Jonah Lehrer and Leonard Mlodinow demonstrates that most business decisions are made subliminally, with more emotion than logic. While the majority of job candidates are trying to be competent in the interviewing process, the successful ones focus on being liked and remembered. They use powerful words and phrases to accomplish this.

You are going to be judged quickly and emotionally as a job candidate, so if you say the right things by using the right words, you stand out and are more likely to get hired. So little real face-to-face time is spent interviewing that hiring authorities make their decisions based on a few memorable phrases (good or bad) that a candidate uses.

Use the right phrases, and you are remembered and thought of highly; you are more likely to get hired. Use the wrong phrases, and you are forgotten when you walk out of the room; you are certain to lose the job opportunity.