You’re a unique and interesting person. The employer wants to meet you.

INTERVIEW TIPS

You’re a unique and interesting person. The employer wants to meet you.

1. Make sure you are right for the job. Don’t go for a job in catering if you don’t know how to boil an egg.

2. You’ve likely heard the expression: Dress for success. Dress in the finest clothes that suit the type of work for which you’re applying. If you are going to an interview for outdoor work, wear unworn, casual clothes. For office or professional positions, dress up conservatively. Ask someone to help you select an outfit from your closet or take a friend from the business world shopping with you, if you’re not up on the standards. Don’t go overboard with make-up.

3. Arrive with at least 15 minutes to spare. This will allow you to prepare any last details. (It also shows how keen you are.)

4. If you have an opportunity to shake hands with the person or persons doing the interview, give a firm, solid handshake.

5. Look the interviewer in the eyes. You'll find benefit in your ability to communicate, as you look people in the eye more and more. Look directly at the interviewer when you are answering questions.

6. Let your CV talk for you. Make it as interesting as possible and don’t forget to include all interests and hobbies they can say a lot about you. Be truthful.

7. Don’t talk while the interviewer is reading your application or CV. The interviewer can only do one thing at a time, even though she/he’s a boss.

8. Don’t slouch or fidget. It will show you are nervous.

9. Prepare yourself for questions that they might ask you about the company. This will show them how committed you are.

10. Ask questions, but make sure they are sensible ones, not like, “How long is the lunch break?”

11. Don’t be afraid to make suggestions, tell them any ideas you have. This will show them how interested you are.

12. Remember they are human. Be open and honest. Don’t try and be something you are not, they will see straight through any facade.

13. Demonstrate your communication skills by listening to the question you’re asked. Answer that specific question. If you don’t understand the question, ask the interviewer for clarification. Smart people who get ahead have the confidence to ask more questions than sulking people who think they should understand all questions and know all answers.

14. If you are asked why you left your last job don’t go into a story about how awful they were (even if you were treated badly). Tell them your talent was wasted and that’s why you are there.

15. Let them know how much of an asset you are to the company. But only if you are.

Mark the statements as true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. Arrive with at least 30 minutes to spare.

2. Look directly at the interviewer when you are answering questions.

3. Don’t talk while the interviewer is reading your application or CV.

4. Ask any question that will come to your mind.

5. Don’t be afraid to make suggestions, tell them any ideas you have.

6. If you don’t understand the question, do not ask the interviewer for clarification.

7. Don’t go overboard with make-up.

8. Be open and honest. Don’t try and be something you are not.

9. If you are asked why you left your last job, go into a story about how awful they were.

10. Let them know how much of an asset you are to the company. But only if you are.

TYPES OF INTERVIEWS

One-On-One Interview

One person interviews each person separately; he or she often uses a series of prepared questions.

Panel/Board Interview

The jobseeker is interviewed by two or more individuals who come to a consensus as to who is the best person for the position.

Impromptu Interview

This type of interview is used when employers’ approach is direct. They tend to be very informal and unstructured. Applicants should be prepared at all times for on-the-spot interviews.

Dinner Interview

It may be structured, informal, or socially situated, such as in a restaurant. Be prepared for a quick change from fun talk to business talk.

Telephone Interviews

Have a copy of your cover letter, resume and any points you want. Speak a bit slower than usual.

Group Interview

The interviewee will meet the staff that will be his or her co-workers, if he or she gets hired. The primary goal is to test the ability to work in a team environment as well as to present information, offer suggestions, and relate to other ideas and work to solve a problem. This type of interview is informal and discussion-oriented. In short, your interpersonal skills will be tested.

Stress Interview

It is used to test an individual’s performance under an extreme amount of stress. The interviewer may not be friendly to you. It is typically found in the sales/marketing field.

Second Interview

Job seekers are invited back to help employers to make their final selections and to negotiate further details.

Screening Interview

It is designed to whittle the applicant pool.

Behavior Based Interviewing

It is a method for the interviewer to find out how you handled a certain situation in the past. You will be asked to provide a specific example to demonstrate the way you dealt with it. This information is the best predictor of future performance.

Give the name of an interview type by its characteristic feature.

1. The interviewer tends to be informal.

2. Be prepared for a quick change from fun talk to business talk.

3. The jobseeker is interviewed by two or more individuals.

4. The primary goal is to test the ability to work in a team environment.

5. The interviewer may not be friendly to you.

6. It is designed to whittle the applicant pool.

7. It is a method for the interviewer to find out how you handled a certain situation in the past.

8. Job seekers are invited back to help employers to make their final selections and

to negotiate further details.

9. It is used to test an individual's performance under an extreme amount of stress.

10. Your interpersonal skills will be tested.

QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED BY INTERVIEWERS

· Tell me about yourself.

· How would your friends describe you?

· What makes you different from the other candidates for this position?

· Describe the accomplishment of which you are the most proud.

· Why should we hire you?

· What strengths and attributes could you bring to this position?

· Why did you choose the SUSU (other college, university)?

· How did you select your major?

· Describe the course that has had the greatest impact on your thinking.

· How did you become involved in your extracurricular activities?

· How did you find your summer jobs?

· Describe the job or the activity which has had the greatest impact on your career goals.

· If you could make a major policy change at the SUSU (or another institution with which you are affiliated to), what would it be?

· What are your career and educational goals?

· What would you like to be doing five/ten years from now?

· Why are you pursuing this field?

· What interests/impresses you about this company?

· What do you believe are the key issues and problems in our industry today?

· What do you think it takes to be successful in this field?

· What other jobs/fields are you considering?

· In what kind of work environment do you do your best work?

· With what kind of people do you like to work?

· What kinds of tasks and responsibilities motivate you the most?

· What is your ideal job?

· Do you have a geographical preference?

· Tell me about what you learned from your previous jobs.

· What did you dislike most about your last job?

· What do you think you would like least about this job/company/field?

· What is your greatest weakness? Have you ever failed at anything?

· What has been your greatest challenge?

· What do you enjoy doing outside of work-in your free time?

· If you had six months ahead with no obligations and no financial constraints, what would you do?

· If you could invite anyone you would like to a dinner party (famous or historical figures, dead or alive), what ten people would you invite?

· If you could trade places with someone for a week, who would it be?

· What is your favorite book/movie/song/painting or author/actor/singer/artist?

· Which magazines/newspapers do you read regularly? Which books have you read recently?

· What would you like me to know about you that is not on your resume?

· What would you like your lasting impression to be?

Business cards:

· Find examples of business cards and make your own business card.

· You are going to meet other students from your class at a conference. Introduce yourselves and ask for the other person’s business card. Ask three questions to try to find out more information about each person you meet. You could ask about: their responsibilities, if they travel much, their workplace.

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