If you’ve been invited to interview for your dream dealership role and want to give yourself every chance to perform your best, here are five things you should make sure you do in the lead up to the interview.
Research the dealership
- shows that you’ve invested time and effort to prepare for the interview
- demonstrates that you have a genuine interest in working for the dealership
- helps you build your understanding of how well the dealership’s core values align with your own values, and
- can give you some ideas about skills which might be worth highlighting or topics you may want to bring up for discussion.
Know what you bring to the table
Take the time to closely review the job advertisement and think about what they’re really looking for in a candidate. You can use this to think about the different skills, experience, and knowledge you’ve obtained throughout your work history to date and how that fits with what they’re looking for. This will make it far easier to properly showcase what you have to offer the business.
Rehearse some example responses
If you can, it’s also a good idea to rehearse your responses in front of a mirror. This allows you to check what your body language is like and visualise how you might come across to an interviewer.
Think of some good questions to ask
Imagine you’re interviewing for a parts manager position in a truck dealership. Rather than asking a stock-standard question about pay or conditions, ask them which inventory management and parts ordering systems they use. If they use a system you have experience with, highlight the fact that you won’t require additional systems training to get up and running.
