Tips: During and after the interview

Make sure you know where the interview location is. Being late for an interview is inexcusable. Plan to arrive 10 minutes before your interview is due to start.
Make sure you know the interviewer/s full name/s and correct pronunciation.
Greet the interviewer/s confidently. Smile and shake hands firmly and wait until invited to sit down.
Maintaining eye contact is crucial.
Follow the interviewer’s leads, but try to get the interviewer to describe the position and the duties to you early in the interview so that you can relate your background, and skills to the position.
Make sure that your good points get across to the interviewer in a factual, sincere manner. Keep in mind that you alone can sell yourself to an interviewer. Make him/her realise the need for you in the organisation.
Don’t answer questions with a simple yes or no. Explain whenever possible. Tell those things about yourself which relate to the position.
Don’t smoke, even if the interviewer offers you a cigarette.
Don’t ever make derogatory remarks about your present or former employers or companies.
Don’t over-answer questions.

It is important that you evaluate your performance and make a note of important information you have gained as soon as possible.

Within a short period after the interview (48 hours), you could prepare and email a thank you letter to the interviewer. It will:

Remind the interviewer which candidate you were.
Show that you really are proactive and, above all, interested in the position.
Provide an opportunity to clarify or give additional information to those questions you felt you didn’t answer sufficiently.
Provide an opportunity for you to further elaborate on any skills directly relevant to the position, which were not covered during the interview-.