30 Seconds to Impress

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Published 2012-01-04

A job interview can be a stressful situation for anybody. Interviews provide insight into how a person may "fit" into the employer's organization. An interviewee's personal and professional demeanor will be scrutinized intuitively and/or deliberately by the interviewer.

Believe it or not, a hiring decision may oftentimes be influenced by the interviewer's perceptions of the applicant during the opening moments of an interview. These first 30 seconds are a crucial opportunity for a job seeker to convey appropriate tact in their greeting, handshake, posture, speech, eye contact, and numerous other verbal and non-verbal language. The interviewer is a human, too, and although he/she is looking for a litany of skills and characterstics, he/she will also inevitably detect subtle subtext from an interviewee's individual and interpersonal presentation.

All Comments (21)

@alexandertsigaridas5411 6 years ago

Close that bloody door, it's a job interview!
@xinjiapofandichan 8 years ago

The candidate with the coffee might as well bring along a cheeseburger ;)
@adriancelis9691 6 years ago

Todd got the job. Got fired on the first day because he thought he applied for KFC.
@tradehut2782 6 years ago

'she's talking to her mom which makes her seem really immature' sums up what corporate jobs and interviews are all about. They expect people to be sheep
@BosticReiva 7 years ago

So you are hiring the best actor? Hollywood here I come
@DeathhAngel1 7 years ago

nobody cares about being "professional" these days. rather have an honest ,good spirited person.
@sammrema4526 7 years ago

i"d hire the first candidate at least he is real
@hsmhsm327 6 years ago

if you have an IT company (software eng./networking ...), that introvert guy will be the best option (stereotypically speaking)
@pretty9825 6 years ago

This tells me, the interviewer could reject me for even blinking my eyes.
@tonia2483 7 years ago

I like this cuz it shows nobody's perfect
@masterofnuggets7342 4 years ago

"A POLO SHIRT WITH an EAGLE on it." L0L
@toorawsteven 5 years ago

Remember guys don't ever talk to your mom because it's "immature".
@asophfable 8 years ago

"Are you Todd?" "I am Todd." not hired
@jamesadcock5235 8 years ago

I like Anthony he is interested in money
@samuelaurora3632 7 years ago

I would nail this lady. I mean this interview..
@hollahabibi1897 7 years ago

I THINK STEVEN SHOULD HAD A CHANCE ITS OK TO BE NERVOUS, SOME PEOPLE LIKE ME GOT ANXIETY SO WHAT WE GOTTA DO STARVE BECAUSE THEY WONT HIRE US ?.
@AnonymoudKid 6 years ago

I've done a few interviews myself as the interviewer, and she is 100% correct on what the interviewer is looking for.
@vapenation7061 7 years ago

"are you christa?" "gooood" what the fuck
@blutsx 7 years ago

Way to go Todd!
@Kyanzes 7 years ago

Yeah, and what if Anthony, by far, the most knowledgeable, basically a genius, and works in weekends just for the fun of it? Then you made a huge mistake because good acting is more important to you.