When considering leaving your job or have already been offered a new position, it is important to leave your job on good terms. Leaving a job on good terms will increase your chances of getting a favorable reference in the future. Also, it increases the odds that your employer may consider rehiring you if given the opportunity.
Consider the following:
1. Announcing your departure
2. The resignation letter
3. The exit interview
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Interviewing a far away company is tricky. Some companies may provide transportation and accommodations, but it may be absent in the job listing. In a cover letter express your intent to ultimately be in the company city. Be up front and begin a dialog, don't let your distance deny you their offer. See additional thoughts here.
Be prepared to address situations involving: deadlines, pressure, criticism, incompetence, personal mistakes ... Relate personal experiences and your ability to perform in a positive manner. Prepare well thought out experience scenarios you can relate in an interview. Be prepared, when presented with a situational question, reply with ' That reminds me of ...' and then relate one of the closest you recall. See seven typical questions here.
When you have been successful in obtaining an interview, make it count. You may be asked questions to show your interest in the company well beyond 'just a job'. Make sure you have researched the company website, learned about the product or service and show genuine interest in working there. See six provacotive questions you may get asked, here.
The interviewer asks that one really awkward, tricky interview question. How do you answer it without making yourself look bad? Interviewers like to trip you up a little and see how you handle it. You have to be ready for these questions so you can give answers that present you in a positive light and allow you to sidestep those little traps. See five common - but tricky - interview questions and how to handle them here.
