Select the path you think Anne should have taken.

Select Anne answers the phone in a polite manner and keeps her CV close by.
Select Anne answers the phone with a ?Hi what's up?

Anne gets a screening interview over the phone and since she has her CV close by, she is able to answer the questions with ease. The employer invites her to a formal interview at the company.
Preparing for the interview

The interviewer is already alarmed by Anne?s unprofessional behavior, but continues with the screening interview. Since Anne doesn't have her CV close by, she is unable to give accurate dates and thus leaves a poor impression on the interviewer. She doesn't get a formal interview.
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Anne needs to prepare for the interview and decides to do one of the following:
Select the path you think Anne would have taken
Select Researches the company on the Internet and speaks to people to learn more.
Select Anne decides she already knows enough about the company and can relax.

This is the best option as she gets a full understanding of the company, job requirements and culture as preparation for the interview.
Going to the interview

Anne will fail her interview because interviewers want someone really interested in the company and not just a job.
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It is the morning of the interview and Anne leaves:
Select Early, neatly dressed, and with a map to make sure she finds the company.
Select Twenty minutes before the interview and in casual dress, after all it's not her dress that is going to do the work!

Anne will definitely arrive in time and thus be calm and able to make a good impression with her professionalism.
The Interview

Anne will arrive late, because she got lost and when she gets to the office, will be mistaken for a delivery person at first because she doesn't look all that professional!
She needs to explain and the interviewer makes a tick for the late coming.
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The interviewer talks very fast and doesn't show any patience.
Select the path you think Anne takes.
Select Anne adapts her speech to the pace of the interviewer and keeps to the point.
Select Anne decides her time is also important and elaborates on everything in detail.

The interviewer becomes more positive since Anne is definitely the same type of person and shows that she can stay focused. If the interviewer spoke slowly, Anne would have adapted her speech accordingly.
Interview 2

The interviewer gets irritated and decides that Anne will take too long and chat too much to get her work done.
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The interviewer asks about the reason why Anne wants the job.
Select Anne answers that she enjoys working in a team and seeing projects through to the end and since the company is a leader in mobile phone technology, she is confident that her experience as mobile phone sales person and her technological background will be put to good use to help reach the company's goal of providing excellent support to mobile subscribers.
Select Anne answers that she hasn't had a job for a while, and feels this job will give her the opportunity to build work experience.

The interviewer is impressed and decides that despite the gap in her employment history, Anne would be hired since she clearly understands what the company is about and is willing to work towards the good of the company.
Interview - Salary Negotiation

The interviewer decides not to hire Anne because she is clearly only committed to her own goals and will use the company as a means to an end. The company wants someone who will be focused on their needs, not her own.
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The time has come to mention salary. The interviewer asks Anne how much does she expect.
She answers:
Select "It depends on the salary scale in your company. What did you expect to offer for the ideal candidate with my experience?"
Select "I need enough to pay my bills and make a decent income. I believe $10 an hour is reasonable."

The interviewer respects her answer and provides a rough number open for negotiation. This gives Anne leverage to negotiate for better terms when the job offer is made.
Interview follow-up

Since Anne already indicated that she is willing to work for $10 an hour they decide to only offer her $9 open for negotiation even though they really budgeted for $20 an hour. She thus short changed herself by giving an exact number.
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Anne goes home and waits for a phone call to inform her that she got the job, and decides to:
Select Follow-up with a thank you email and letter in the post for the interview on the same day.
Select To wait for the call and when it doesn't come to look for another job.

The interviewer is so impressed by the thank you note, since no one else bothered, and decides to give Anne the job.

The call never came because the other candidate sent a thank you note, which impressed the interviewer. It looks like Anne is still without a job.
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