Joyce Lain Kennedy is America's first nationally syndicated careers columnist. Her two-times-weekly column, CAREERS NOW, appears in newspapers and on Web sites across the land. In her four decades of advising readers - newbies, prime-timers, and those in-between - Joyce has received millions of letters inquiring about career moves and job search and has answered countless numbers of them in print. Joyce is the author of seven career books, including Joyce Lain Kennedy's Career Book (McGraw-Hill), Electronic Job Search Revolution, Electronic Resume Revolution, and Hook Up, Get Hired! The Internet Job Search Revolution (the last three published by Wiley). Job Interviews For Dummies is one of a trio of job market books published under Wiley's wildly popular For Dummies branded imprint. The others are Resumes For Dummies and Cover Letters For Dummies. Writing from Carlsbad, California, a San Diego suburb, the country's bestknown careers columnist is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. Contact Joyce at jlk@sunfeatures.com.

Introduction. Part I: And the Interview Winner Is ... You! Chapter 1: Job Interviews Are Reality Shows. Really! Chapter 2: Tailoring Your Qualifications for Targeted Job Interviews. Chapter 3: Going Wireless for Your Interview. Chapter 4: Interviewing on the World Stage. Chapter 5: A Chorus Line of Interviews by Type. Part II: Backstage Researching and Rehearsing. Chapter 6: Research is Your Ticket Inside. Chapter 7: Your Close-Up: Personality Tests. Chapter 8: Showing You the Money. Chapter 9: Costuming Yourself for a Starring Role. Chapter 10: Overcoming Stage Fright: Rehearse, Rehearse, and Rehearse. Chapter 11: Looking Good With Questions You Ask. Chapter 12: Outlining Interview Scenarios You Can Expect. Chapter 13: Closing the Show. Chapter 14: When You're Offered the Part. Part III: Actors' Studio: Casting Your Character. Chapter 15: From iPods and Texting to Jobs and Paychecks. Chapter 16: Tips and Scripts That Sell a Switch. Chapter 17: Spotlighting Prime-Timers over 50. Part IV: Lights, Camera, Talk! Answering Questions. Chapter 18: What Can You Tell Me about Yourself? Chapter 19: What Do You Know about This Job and Our Company? Chapter 20: What Are Your Skills and Competencies? Chapter 21: How Does Your Experience Help Us? Chapter 22: What Education Do You Have? Chapter 23: What about Your Special Situation? Chapter 24: How Should You Answer an Inappropriate Question? Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 25: Ten Tips to Avoid Wretched Reviews. Chapter 26: Tens of Lines on the Cutting Room Floor. Chapter 27: Ten Interviewer Personality Types. Index.