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1. Important qualities
In a job interview, what qualities do you think impress an interviewer most?
(appearance, qualifications, work experience, personality)

Normally, before the interview, the interviewer has your CV yet, so I think what impress him most is appearance and personality. That's because him can't guess those qualities fron the form.

2. Job interviews
Have you been interviewed for a job? Was the experience good or bad?

Yes, I have. Maybe twice in the last five years, if I am not mistaken. I remember one of them: the interviewer (she was a woman) at the end told me: I like your personality but we need someone with more experience. The position was in Human Resources and the department was big. I had yet the idea that it is dificult to find a job. An the experience was not so bad as I expected.

One year later, I tried again with another advertisement ...

3. Job advice
What advice would you give to someone about to go to their first job interview?

I'd tell him/her to be careful with the appearance and not to feel nervous. Nervous aren't good for anything.