Interview Guides by Career or Job

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• Good or bad?  I wish, I think, I feel.

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• How to answer and how not to answer

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Answers to tough interview questions and interview guides. Books that have been reviewed by fellow job seekers are listed in bold with links to recommendations.  Additional resources may be found at:

• General Interview Guides

• Company Guides w/ Interview Tips

• How to Dress

 

 

 

Acting

1. Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part, Michael Shurtleff, 2003

2. The Actor Takes a Meeting: How to Interview Successfully with Agents, Managers, Producers, and Casting Directors, Stephen Book, 2006

Aviation

1. Airline Transport Pilot Oral Exam Guide, Michael D. Hayes, 2011

2. Certified Flight Instructor Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam, Michael D. Hayes, 2008

3. Checklist for Success: A Pilot's Guide to Successful Airline Interview, Cheryl Cage, 2005

4. Commercial Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam, Michael D. Hayes, 2010

5. FAR/AIM 2012: Federal Aviation Regulations, Aeronautical Information Manual, 2011 - RECOMMENDED

6. Instrument Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam, Michael D. Hayes, 2009

7. Multi-Engine Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam, Michael D. Hayes, 2008

8. Private Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam, Michael D. Hayes, 2009

Finance

1. A Practical Guide To Quantitative Finance Interview, Xinfeng Zhou, 2008

2. Quant Job Interview Questions and Answers, Mark Joshi, 2013

3. Heard on The Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews, Timothy Falcon Crack, 2014

Firefighter

1. Ace Your Firefighter Oral Boards: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Oral Board Interview, Roger Aimes, 2011

2. Facing the Promotional Interview, John Mittendorf, 2003

3. Fire Engineer Oral Exam Study Guide, Arthur R. Couvillon, 1988

4. Firefighter Oral Exam Study Guide, Arthur R. Couvillon, 1999

5. Smoke Your Firefighter Interview, Paul Lepore, 2011 - RECOMMENDED

First Job

1. Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview?: A Crash Course in Finding, Landing, and Keeping Your First Real Job, Ellen Reeves, 2009

2. Ditch the Flip-Flops: Ace Your Job Interview Fresh Out of College, Sylvia Landy, 2007

Healthcare

1. Getting that Medical Job: Secrets for Success, Colin John Mumford, 2011

2. Medical Interviews: A Comprehensive Guide to CT, ST and Registrar Interview Skills: Over 120 Medical Interview Questions, Techniques and NHS Topics Explained, Olivier Picard, 2008

Human Resources

1. HR Professional Interview Guide

Information Technology

1. Ace the IT Job Interview!, Paula Moreira, 2007

2. Cracking the Coding Interview, Fifth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions, Gayle Laakmann, 2011

3. Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology, Gayle Laakmann, 2012

4. Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide, Adnan Aziz, 2012

5. How to Ace the Brainteaser Interview, John Kador, 2004

6. Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Land Your Next Job, John Mongan, 2012

7. Information Technology Project Management Interview Questions Guide, Terry Sanchez Carter, 2009 

Review the sample questions and guides that IT managers may use - Java, J2EE, Network Administrator, Oracle, Programmer (C, C++, Cobol, UNIX Shell, and Oracle), UNIX, Web Designer, Webmaster (Javascript, Java applets, Front Page, Flash, Perl, PHP+, SAP, and DreamWeaver)

Investment Banking

1. Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews, Timothy Falcon Crack, 2008

Law Enforcement

1. How to Be Successful on "Oral" Assessment Exercises for Police Promotion, Donald Schroeder, 2005

2. Police Oral Board Interview

3. Police Oral Boards: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Oral Board Interview , Mark Denton, 2009 

4. Win Your Badge - The Law Enforcement Oral Board Interview, Christian Cory 

Legal

• Legal Firm Guides

1. Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams, Kim Walton, 2008 

2. Nail Your Law Job Interview: The Essential Guide to Firm, Clerkship, Government, In-House, and Lateral Interviews, Natalie Prescott, 2009 

3. The Insider's Guide to Getting a Big Firm Job: What Every Law Student Should Know About Interviewing, Erica Finn, 2009 - RECOMMENDED

Management Consulting

1. Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation, Marc P. Cosentino, 2013

2. Case Interview Secrets: A Former McKinsey Interviewer Reveals How to Get Multiple Job Offers in Consulting, Victor Cheung, 2012

3. Crack the Case System: Complete Case Interview Prep., David Ohrvall, 2011

4. How to Get Into the Top Consulting Firms: A Surefire Case Interview Method, Tim Darling, 2009 - RECOMMENDED

Management/Supervision

1. Supervision Interview Guide

Pharmaceutical Sales

1. 118 GREAT Answers to Tough Pharmaceutical Sales Interview Questions, Anne Posegate, 2008 

2. The Sales Interview: Step-by-Step guide for Sales Candidates: Pharmaceutical - Biotech - Medical - Surgical, Scott Rheault, 2012 

Project Management

1. Project Management Interview Questions Made Easy: For Successful Project Management Interviews, Andrew J. Makar, 2013

2. Information Technology Project Management Interview Questions Guide, Terry Sanchez Carter, 2009 

Teaching

1. Ace Your Teacher Interview: 149 Fantastic Answers to Tough Interview Question, Anthony Fredericks, 2012 - RECOMMENDED

2. Guide to Getting a Teaching Job

3. Principals' Interview Edge 

4. Teachers' Interview Edge 

5. Teacher Interviews: How to Get Them and How to Get Hired!, Robert Pollock, 2011 - RECOMMENDED

Tests - Psychometric, Verbal Reasoning, Numeracy

1. Ace the Corporate Personality Test, Edward Hoffman, 2001

2. How to Ace the Brainteaser Interview, John Kador, 2004

3. How to Pass Numeracy Tests, Harry Tolley, 2001

4. How to Pass Verbal Reasoning Tests, Harry Tolley, 2010