You’ve got the credentials, the education, and experience, and you haven’t had a problem getting job interviews — but for some reason, you can’t seem to close the deal. Leads that looked promising fizzle out after the first or second interview. Is it the economy, or is it something you’re doing (or not doing)?

TechRepublic Premium offers some of the reasons that otherwise good candidates don’t make the final cut, over and over again.

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  If you find yourself breezing through the initial interviews with HR and/or department supervisors with flying colors but fail to get a call-back after the more in-depth technical interviews that come next, consider brushing up on your skills.

  In the tech industry, in particular, things change fast, and a mastery of yesterday’s technology won’t get you as many points as an up-to-date skill set. If you were in the same job for a number of years and your company put off upgrading, you might have let your skills fall behind.

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