Things You Should Never Say In An Interview

The interview comes at the end of the job search process. There is nothing worse than working extremely hard to get your foot in the door then blowing it because you happened to say the wrong thing.

1. “I’m really nervous...”
Being nervous in an interview is normal for most people especially when you know your performance will help get you that job. When you tell the recruiter that you are nervous, you may
look like you have not prepared or worse yet like you lack good professional manners.
 

2. “Eh, I don’t really know what the job is about, could you...?”
This phrase will make you look unprepared and like you are not interested in the job or the company. When the Human Resource Manager thinks you feel this way you will have portrayed yourself like someone who is not likely to take the job serious. So should they take you seriously?]

3. I had this one supplier that just made my life hell....”
Talking ill about someone/thing or the company not only makes them look bad but also ensures that the recruiter will wonder whether you are going to tell people the bad things about their company. This is important to remember as no place of work is perfect. Instead of focusing on the negative mention the things you learnt and how you grew in that position.

4. “I hate the clients that come in and start shouting about our...”
This is definitely not the right thing to say if you are in a customer service sales executive. When you start putting conditions on your about things you like and you don’t like especially when the situation you will have to deal with is critical to you doing your job well. Don’t! Choose a weakness that is not related to a key/critical area of your work and show how you have worked to improve it and will continue to improve it.

5. “Granted profanity is more accepted today, interview are not the place to showcase your  perverse vocabulary” Four letter words and the likes do not belong in the office. Demonstrating you can talk like a hooligan may knock you out of the running to get you the position that you desire.

6.“Sorry”...As you go ahead and read the message or look at the number called
Again you put yourself in the awkward situation where you find that you are not serious about the interview and the job. There really is no valid reason for you to get a call and look at it, read a text or get completely distracted because your phone is vibrating. If you are going to get tempted turn off your phone.

When in doubt pause before you do/say what is on your mind. Think will it knock me out of the running, then act if you can answer, “no!”