Preparing to ace the interview actually begins when you match your SKA’s (Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities) from your résumé to the requirements of the advertised job. Read each requirement of the job and rate yourself, objectively, by matching your skills. You may benefit from listing or printing out the requirements, and rating yourself as an excellent, good, or poor match. When you are finished, all responses should be either excellent, or good. A poor match in the published job requirements and your SKA’s will probably keep you from acing the interview.
However, you can still present your résumé, since you may be qualified for the job at the same or greater level than any of the other candidates. But now, you really must do well in the interview. Review the requirements that you rated as a poor match to your skills. Determine how you can overcome any objections of the interviewer, to your lack of skills in that particular area. Figure out how you can compensate in another area, while you adapt your skills to their requirements, and be ready to discuss your plan fully.
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