Nail It!: 10 Secrets for Winning the Job Interview

How can you be sure you’ll win that next job interview? Unless you have a crystal ball, a genie’s lamp, or a lucky rabbit’s foot that accurately forecasts the future, it is difficult to predict. NBA guru Pat Williams knows a trick or two about what it takes to make the team’s final cut. In this book, he shows you how to build a business network, plan your career path, package yourself to get the right kind of attention, and much more. The secret to nailing the job interview is to approach life as if every day is a championship game.

Pat Williams has been a leader in the world of professional sports for more than forty years. After many successful years as general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, Pat helped found the NBA’s Orlando Magic and serves currently as that team’s senior vice president. Passionate about inspiring positive life change, in Nail It! Pat draws upon his lifetime of hiring experience to speak wisdom into the job interviewing process.

Peggy Matthews Rose is a writer who has worked with Pat Williams on the books Read for Your Life, Lincoln Speaks to Leaders, and The Takeaway. She also provided a strong assist on the book How to Be Like Walt Disney, by Pat Williams and Jim Denney. Her background includes a long career with Disney in the communications field.

Pat Williams, one of the country's top motivational and inspirational speakers, is Senior Vice President of the Orlando Magic and has more than 39 years of professional sports experience. Before joining the Central Florida pro basketball effort in 1986, Williams spent 12 seasons as General Manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, taking them from a 34-48 record in 1974-75 to a World Championship title in 1983. Pat has written 19 books, including his version of the birth of the Orlando Magic, entitled Making Magic, and his autobiography, Ahead of the Game and A Lifetime of Success.