After the Interview

• Send a thank-you note

Salary Negotiation - Hints

• Don't feel obligated to accept the first salary offer.  Negotiate salary if the offer made is inadequate.
• Don't just focus on salary.  Do look at the entire compensation package.
• Do try to obtain other concessions (shorter review time, better title, better workspace) or benefits (bonuses, vacation time) if you aren't successful at negotiating a salary you want.

Possible Reasons for Rejection

• Lack of interest and enthusiasm; passive and indifferent
• "Know it all" attitude
• Inability to express oneself clearly -- poor voice, diction, grammar
• Lack of planning for career; no purpose and goals
• Poor research prior to interview
• Lack of confidence and poise; nervousness; ill at ease
• Over emphasis on money
• Poor scholastic record
• Unwilling to start at the bottom
• Making excuses; evasiveness; hedging on unfavorable factors in record
• Lack of tact
• Lack of courtesy; ill mannered
• Condemnation of past employers
• Lack of vitality
• Failing to look interviewer in the eye
• Limp, fishy handshake
• Poor personal appearance