Here are some of my own job interview mistakes!

1. Being too blunt. While most interviewers might pretend to want to hear the truth and might even encourage you by being friendly and relaxed the truth is most of them don't want to hear certain things from applicants like if your desire to start your own business in 5 years time. If you are asked where do you see yourself in 5 years time, I reckon a good answer will be, i hope to have an MBA by then. Telling stuff like you hope to be your own boss will upset most of them.

2. Stating how much you will like to be paid directly. Most jobs have a salary range usually an industry average, if you are asked how much you'll like to be paid and you mistakenly ask for something outside that range you will most likely be dropped for the job especially if there are other applicants asking for lesser. Experience has taught me to always ask to be paid according to industry range or to state a range of salary I think is reasonable and affordable for the employer in question. If you currently have a job and you are asked how much your present job pays, politely decline answering that question or if you must give a range. For instance if I earn N40k monthly and I'm asked how much I earn at present, I'll say between N40K to N60k or politely decline answering that question because it seriously puts you at a disadvantage for salary negotiation.

Let us here our tips. What are some of your own job interview mistakes and lessons learnt?