35 things you should NOT do at your job interview

Two days ago I provided a link to a Mint article on a book that offered tips on how to answer frequently asked job interview questions.

Today I read in DNA a feature on "the things you must avoid at your job interview". This article, which has been reproduced from the Business School Edge website, provides helpful advice on such aspects as (not) paying enough attention to your appearance, (not) acting too familiar with your interviewers, (not) giving too many personal details, (not) turning in a messy application, (not) keeping your cellphone on during the interview, and (not) showing up late for the interview.

Read the feature in detail here: "35 things to avoid at your job interview".

So you want help with job interviews...

Who doesn't?

That is why Matthew J. DeLuca and Nanette F. DeLuca have written Best Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions.

And that's why Mint has, helpfully, published edited excerpts — questions and answers — from the book.

Here are a few questions featured in the book:

• What is the reason you left/are planning to leave your organisation?

• Do you instant-message? Do you twitter? Do you like to use emails? Do you have a BlackBerry or iPhone?

• Have you ever worked for or with a difficult person?

• What do you like the most about this position? What do you like the least about this position?

• What is your current salary?

Want to know the "best" answers? Go to "An ace up your sleeve".

• Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions: By Matthew J. and Nanette F. DeLuca,Tata McGrawHill, 217 pages, Rs. 250.'

UPDATE (October 1, 2013): Read these two posts before you head out for that job interview:

1.  Five Things You Must Not Do in an Interview and Five Things You Must

2. What Interviewers Wish They Could Tell Every Job Candidate 

UPDATE (April 24, 2014): Richard A. Moran, CEO of an American company, offers a thought-provoking riff on what he calls The #1 Interview Trap Question. You'll be surprised, as I was, to learn what that question is.