Interview goes well and still no job offer , why?

Question

I have had 2 interviews with 2 different companies ...one for a part-time evening job in a car sales place and the other for a full-time job paying $40-50,000 and each time they say "we will definitely call you in a day or two and they don't". I guess they think about things I say and hire someone else. Most of the jobs I have had in the past , I just get the job because they like me instantly . The formal questions in an interview are not real for me . I am applying for a good job this week as an Employment Counsellor for hard-to employ individuals and I myself think I am becoming "hard to employ".
Interviewers seem to follow formal questions and look for specific answers and I am becoming uncertain how my friend got a job within 6 weeks after being fired for being "insubordinate" and I am taking up to 3 months and still not certain what my next job will be. I am thinking I will work as a Salesgirl for Xmas to get some money and keep myself going while I figure out the answers to job

Answer 1

You must always prepare yourself for an interview. Surely, interviews follow formal questions and look for specific answers and that's why it is important to prepare yourself. How do you do this?
1. Read the advertisement carefully and pick out the competencies that the employer is looking for.
2. Match your competencies with these.
3. Use your competencies as a selling tool during the interview

If you cannot sell your experience, qualifications and achievements to the employer, it is hardly likely that they will employ you in a sales position.


Here are some useful links:

http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/skills/interview/questionsasked/
http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/skills/interview/questionstoask/
http://interview.monster.com/archives/interviewquestions/
http://ceres.cals.ncsu.edu/career/site/filelibrary/questions_interviewers_are_likely_to_ask.pdf#search=%22questions%20that%20interviewers%20ask%22
http://static.jobtrak.com/academy/skills_html/decisions.html

Rehearse the answers to each question with a friend or in front of a mirror and do so with confidence. This will prepare you for the formal interviews. All the best!

Answer 2

I know how you feel, but no employer is the same. You just have to be at the right place at the right time. Get you temp job until something comes up...

Answer 3

Keep trying, do not give up. Take what you can get untill you get a better job.