{"id":140,"date":"2018-06-18T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetrainingplace.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/18\/interviewing-techniques-part-1\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:07:21","slug":"interviewing-techniques-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrainingplace.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/interviewing-techniques-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviewing Techniques &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><u><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;\">INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES &#8211; PART 1<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Where you have been able to get your CV to speak for you and you have been called for an interview, you then have to speak for yourself at the interview.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; 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