How Should I Prepare For My Job Interview?

Be on time
Give yourself enough time to reach your destination, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the area. You will have enough stress with respect to the actual interview. Don’t add to it bycomplicating your travel to there. Consider a dry run prior to interview day, especially if you’re driving.
Don’t get there too early, either. Doing so makes you look as though you have no other joband could hurt you later during salary negotiations.
Whatever you do, don’t look up every time someone passes by. Doing so makes you look weak and anxious.
Take time to find out about challenges andproblems that company is facing. The simplest method is simply to do a Google search. If the company is publicly traded, you can get additional information from financial sites, such asfinance.yahoo.com or money.com.
Dress part
When in doubt, dress more conservatively than less. However, don’t go too far, even on the “up” side, because your interviewer might think you are out of touch. The bestapproach is to find out how people (in particular, the people one level above you) dress, and to follow accordingly.
If dressing that way is noticeably different from how you and your currentco-workers dress, you might have a problem. Dressing differently the day of your interview might telegraph your intentions to others, something you may or may not want. If it’s the latter, consider leavingyour interview clothing in your car or some other area. If you’re a male, maybe you can appear at your current job without a tie, then put one on, along with a sport jacket, when you go for yourinterview

Be courteous to support staff
A measure of a person’s character, it is said, is the way that person treats those who have no effect on the person’s future. It’s easy to be courteous andrespectful to the interviewer or the interviewer’s boss. What about that receptionist, or assistant, or server (if your interview occurs at a restaurant)? Treating them with equal courtesy speaks well of...