The Importance of the Handshake in a Job Interview

Series Summary

Barring trust funds, inheritances, or world changing inventions, you will need a job to pay your bills. Unfortunately for most people, this means going through the trials and tribulations of the job interview process. Whether you're interviewing to be a crocodile wrangler or a stock broker, knowing the ins and outs of the interview process, understanding possible interview questions and answers, and making sure you can keep your breakfast down are all crucial elements of a successful job interview; and the experts at expertvillage have the advice you need to get the most out of your interview.

In this free video series, our expert Don Varney will teach you everything you need to now o go to a job interview. He will tell you about the importance of the handshake, of knowing what you want in a job, and how to stay calm during the interview. Don will also show you how to choose appropriate attire, wear the right amount of cologne, and handle rude interviewers. Don will also give you tips about revealing attire, being courteous, questions to ask, salary negotiations, and ending the interview. Don will even give you some commonly asked interview questions to you have a head start before you ever get to you job interview.

Video Transcript

"I'm Don Varney of Varney Speaks and on behalf of Expert Village. Today we're going to talk about the interview process. Let's talk about a few of the basic rules of the interview process. Some of the basic rules you want to look at are surprisingly, quite simple. One; eye contact. When you walk into that room, you want to be making eye contact with the interviewer as much as humanly possible. That doesn't mean the stare down, but that means also don't look away. Be confident in who you are. Then the next phase of this interview process is critical, and that's where your hand comes into play to where you actually do the handshake. Most people, sometimes they feel if they're more feminine, masculine, if they have a soft hand shake, or if they have a firm handshake. Each one for some reason seems to identify them. Here's what we found in the past in the professional world. That is you need a firm handshake. Firm means that I'm not going to squeeze your hand and break your knuckles, but it also doesn't mean that it's limp and soft. It's a nice firm handshake. Generally, does consisting of a one or two pumps and then remove your hand. It really becomes that simple. Let's just take a moment. You walk into the room, you have good eye contact, you walk up to that person, you stick your hand out, very nice to meet you, you sit down, and you had that hand out and you're off and rolling. That's one of the first of the basic rules of a good interview process. "