• Know the exact place and time of the interview.
• Learn pertinent facts about the company.
  
• Find out why the hiring client representative is interested in your qualifications.
  
• Determine how the opportunity will impact your immediate and long-term career development.
  
• Put your best foot forward.
  
• Preparing an outline of the duties and responsibilities of the job you will be interviewing for. Including any skills that you've had in the past that would relate to the job and will add value to your new potential employer.
  
• Using the two second rule when on a job interview. After a question is asked of you, wait 1-2 seconds before responding. This will ensure the employer finished asking their interview question before you answer.
  
• Trying to schedule the job interview so that you're not the first person the employer meets. If possible, schedule the interview on a Friday, typically employers are in better spirits toward the end of the week.

DON'T TAKE THE CHANCE

• At a job interview, even one of the following items can negatively affect that first impression:
  
• Chewing gum or smoking
  
• Physical habits such as tapping fingers or clicking pens, bouncing legs or shuffling feet
  
• Messy or unclean hair
  
• Negative body odors or strong cologne/perfume
  
• Visible tattoos
  
• Torn or patched clothing
  
• Unusual hair, such as lettering cut into it, spikes, bleached, odd colors
  
• Too much jewelry or jewelry attached to odd places visible on the body (such as nose piercing)
  
• Worn or unpolished shoes; gym shoes
  
• Any form of poor grooming