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When you get a job interview offer, the first thing you should do is take a few minutes to congratulate yourself. Above all other resources, companies value the time and energy of their coworkers most of all. For you to get the go-ahead for a job interview means that your resume and cover letter made it clear that you are a candidate who is worth spending time evaluating. Once you are finished patting yourself on the back, however, get ready to do some work. Succeeding in a job interview means putting a lot of different elements together. You have to convey a specific impression to an interviewer in a short period of time, in response to specific questions that the interviewer asks. This isn't an impossible task, but you can't expect to just walk in and pull it off, especially for a competitive position.

Like every other human endeavor, the act of interviewing for a job has job interview guidelines that will result in a more successful job interview process than just trying to "play it by ear." These guidelines have been developed over the decades that candidates have gone into interviewer's offices and attempted to sell themselves for specific jobs. As a general rule, the guideline to all guidelines is that the candidate should be what the interviewer is looking for. Though that may seem self-explanatory, you would be surprised how many interview candidates either do not know this guideline, do not accept it or do not do all the things that it suggests are necessary follow it.