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Competition for jobs is always very tough in job market. A lot of time required and off course much investment to study the ads, customize your resume for the job and make sure it has the appropriate keywords, customize your cover letter and often deal with the uploading process as well. And after that you wait and wonder while time goes by.

If you're invited in for an interview, you have one key to enter in job room through interview door to tell them why you're the one to hire. Just one mistake, could be a lost for that key. Or just as bad, you get the job, but it turns out to be a nightmare working there, and you think "I wish I'd known how to find out these things on the interview."

First interview is actually for selling yourself, asking questions about the job and the company, qualifying their answers and yours, and making sure communication is drilled down to the essence of things. You want the right of rejection to be yours, rather than having them make that decision. And you're getting married after one or two dates, you better know how many defendants they want upfront. You need to know how to find out the real scoop and sell yourself concurrently.

Following are some tips and questions for the first interview which you should be well prepared prior to the interview
1) Do not scarier or nervous.
2) You should have clear goal for your own, and you should be well prepared of questions like these
"What are your career plans, and how does this job fit in"?
"Where do you expect your career to be in 10 years?"
3) What interests you about the position you’ve applied for?
4) How you manage your workload to meet conflicting deadlines?
5) Your strengths are most important for employer. You should prepare a list of your strengths and you should able to communicate well about your strengths. It will help you to better negotiate on your own terms.
6) Your weaknesses are also worth equivalent to your strengths for employer. Its a very tricky and tough question, not asked always but, when asked you should be prepared for it as well and let the employer know about your weaknesses along with its solution. For instance If you mention a weakness such as your lack of patience with people who don't do their share of the work, you should also mention that you keep this impatience to yourself and try very hard not to express it toward others.
7) Asking questions about Employer company?
You can ask company's organizational structure, their products and services, clientele, benefits for employees, training programs, bonuses and pay raise time period off course.
8) Why did you leave your last job? Is also another question which is always asked to ensure that whether the problem is at your side of your ex employer.
(This is not an opening to speak badly of your former employer. There is almost always a way of wording the explanation so that you do not sound like a "problem employee" and your former employer does not sound like an undesirable company.) Practice your answers to this question with someone who has interview experience. However, don't lie. If you can't say anything positive about your former employer, don't say anything. It could come back to haunt you.