DOs

• Dress professionally. An interviewer will respond more positively to you and an employer is more likely to recruit someone who will best represent their company
• Ensure you have clean shoes / hair / nails etc
• Turn off your mobile
• Be prepared. Research the company and prepare some questions
• Give clear and concise answers
• Think about the question before answering
• Be confident. Remember to sell yourself (without appearing arrogant or aggressive!)
• Allow the interviewer to wrap up the interview
• Thank the interviewer(s) and reassert your interest in the company and the role.

DON'Ts

• Be late
• Lead the interview - that's the interviewer's job
• Show a lack of knowledge about the company and the role
• Panic if there are periods of silence (do not talk for the sake of talking)
• Exaggerate your experience and qualifications
• Be evasive in any of your answers
• Spend too long answering each question - if you feel the interviewer is not totally satisfied with your answer - qualify this by asking "would you like me to expand further on this"
• Tell untruths
• Discuss the salary at your first interview unless it is specifically discussed with you
• Criticise previous employers or jobs
• Argue with the interviewer
• Answer questions that are not asked
• Volunteer any unnecessary information
• Become distracted
• Leave your mobile phone switched on.