We’re all bored of hearing that typical cliche time and time and time again. “If you fail to prepare then prepare to fail.” Blah blah blah. Well I think most of us can agree that this cliche has rung true many times in our own lives think about it remember that one time Yup. You should have prepared. Well an interview is certainly no different.

In fact it’s probably one of the times in our lives when we definitely do need to put in the hard yards right upfront since the upside of this is a job of our dreams (hopefully), a great salary that gives us wings to fly around the world or just fly in general and a great position that helps us grow into big grown up people that do whatever big grown ups do.

In this chapter you will learn two key aspects:

• Understanding who you are and how to present that in the right way
• Understanding who they are so that you pitch yourself in an appropriate way where you can pick out the aspects of yourself that really do relate to the position you are applying for

So keep an eye out for sections on ‘strengths’ and ‘stories’ since those really form the foundation of your interview. You may even see a little mention or three of your own personal ‘Highlights Reel’, kind of what you do on facebook but this will be the real tangible things that you’ve done in your life that could swing the vote in your direction. Everyone loves a swing vote.

Swing away skippy.