Being nervous for an interview is natural but if you're prepared you will feel more confident and you'll be more (1)_______ to get the job. Read the following tips on interviewing and try them on your next job interview.

Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage

When most people interview for a job they are very nervous. Being nervous for an interview is natural but if you're prepared you will feel more confident and you'll be more (1)_______ to get the job. Read the following tips on interviewing and try them on your next job interview.

Before the Interview

• Make a list of a few of the strong (2) ________ that you want to emphasize in the interview. Think of things that make you good at the job. For example, “I am a patient person” or “I have experience in this kind of job.” These points are going to be the things you need to remember to talk about in the interview.
• Get your clothes ready. Plan (3)_________ you are going to wear to the interview. Make sure it is clean and ironed and the shoes look good.
• Call for (4)_________ to get to the place where the interview is going to be. Drive there a day or two before the interview to make sure that you know how to get there.
• Look for information about the company in the Internet or talk to people you know who work there. The more you know, the more (5)_________ you will be in the interview.
• Practice interviewing. Have a friend pretend that he is the person who will interview you. Have him ask you interview questions and practice answering them with (6)_______.

During the Interview

• Arrive to the interview a few minutes early.
• When you meet the interviewer, the person who is interviewing you, make eye (7)________, smile, and give them a firm handshake. It's important that you make a good first impression. Most interviewers will make a (8)________ about you in the first five minutes. Make sure it's a good impression!
• During the interview speak with confidence and sit up straight in the chair. Show that you are an active listener. An interview will not be impressed if you (9)________ provide answers that miss the point.

After the Interview

• Thank the interviewer for the interview.
• Go home and send them a thank you (10)_________. Put it in the mail immediately.

(1) __________

• A. like
• B. likely
• C. mostly
• D. hardly