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One of the intangible factors that affect the outcome of your interview is how you appear to the interviewer. Your dress and personal grooming is only one aspect of it. More important is your posture, your stance, your body language. Unconsciously, we judge people on the basis of their posture and body language, and react accordingly.

Clearly, a person who looks more confident and more in charge is more likely to impress the interviewer, than a person who looks uncomfortable and unprepared.

Here are a few things you can do to look the part.

Before you enter the interview room:

1. Practice your posture. Head held high, chin up, back straight. When you walk or sit in this posture, you come across as confident.

2. Ensure that you have had a good night's sleep, and that you look fresh. There are some who believe that a good workout on the morning of the interview adds a healthy, alive glow to your face, and even makes you feel sprightly, adding to your overall positive body language.

3. Arrive early. Time your arrival right. You don't want to come rushing and panting into the interview room. Be sure to arrive at least ten minutes early, enough for you to catch your breath, check out your surroundings, and feel comfortable before you go into the interview room. But try not to arrive too early. You don't want boredom to show on your face from having waited too long.

4. Before you go to the interview, you might want to visit the restroom to make yourself comfortable.

5. Even while you are waiting for your turn, sit erect, shoulders straight. Breathe slowly and deeply, and smile a little. You will not only look calm and collected, but the good confident feeling will even trickle down into you.

Walking into the interview room, greeting, and sitting.

6. Walk into the interview room with firm steps, and a strong greeting. Do not shuffle, do not mumble. Be crisp and clear in your words and in your movements.

7. Let your handshake me firm and strong. Let go of your hand only after the interviewer lets go.

8. Sit straight. Sitting with your lower back pressed against the backrest of the chair ensures that you will not slouch. If the chair is too high and your legs dangle, then settle yourself such that your legs can be placed on the floor. But keep your back straight, and lean forward slightly. It is a sign of interest.

9. Don't stretch your legs, don't shake them, or tap them.

During the interview:

10. Make good eye-contact. Shifty eyes are very often seen as cowardly, unconfident and dishonest. But do not stare either. That can be intimidating

11. Don't touch your face, or your neck or your hair too often. They can be construed as signs of dishonesty, or disinterestedness.

12. Don't cross your arms in front of you. It is seen as a gesture of intimidation or defence.

13. Many people don't know what to do with their hands – keep them on the armchair? Place them on the lap? On the table? Relax, and do whatever comes naturally. Keep the hands free to make forceful gestures if needed. (But don't over-gesticulate.)

14. Smile often (at appropriate situations) throughout the interview. It not only makes the interview feel friendly and personal, it also tends to relax you.
    
    
15. Make yourself look interested.

16. Remember your manners.

17. Don't come across as too arrogant or overconfident, or a know-it-all. It is a great put-off.

18. If there is more than one person interviewing you, make sure you glance at all of them while you are speaking, with emphasis on the person whose questions you are answering.

After the interview:

19. After the interview is over, do not scramble to collect your belongings and leave. Rise unhurriedly, thank the interviewers, smile, and walk out at your own pace.

20. After you go out of the room, you might feel drained and want to slump into a seat, or you might be thrilled and might want to do a victory dance – but hold it until you are out of sight. There are many stories about how the interviewer caught sight of the candidate after he left the building and rejected him for his behavior much after the interview was over.

It is not very easy to get an opportunity for an interview – so when you've got it, make it count!

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