What I Learnt from 10 Job Interviews in 14 Days

Practical hints and tips to help you confidently get your next job

Liz Russell
7 min readJun 5, 2018
Photo by Adam Wilson on Unsplash

In my recent job search I had 10 job interviews over a span of 14 days.

A few were phone interviews and most interviews were in person. Some were with recruiters and some were with employers direct.

In this time I learnt, and remembered, a lot about how to get the ideal job.

Before My Job Search

Sometimes in life we are faced with needing to find our next job. Life circumstances change, we may want a new challenge, or we find ourselves out of work due to a company decision.

For the times when we have a choice, and some lead time, there are some foundational steps we can take to set ourselves up for when the job search truly begins.

In fact, these steps can be taken at any time — we don’t have to wait until we need to find a job to do them.

It is all about knowing ourselves — what our ideal situation is, the next best alternative, the non-negotiables and our baseline needs.

Going through a thinking process such as this allows us to figure out what we ultimately want, if all things come into alignment. That is pretty powerful knowledge to…

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