Job Interview

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Job Interview
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If you think interviewing starts and ends here,
you havent talked to Career Placement.
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INTERVIEWING
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It is almost impossible to maintain poise when
you are scared to death. My best advice for
dealing with destructive anxiety, is homework . .
. Homework helps enormously when you apply for a
job.
Barbara Walters
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Know Yourself Research Practice Dress
Grooming Timing
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Know Yourself
WEAKNESSES
Have firm feelings and opinions
STRENGTHS
Why did you become a .?
Be prepared with examples scripts
What makes you the best candidate?
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Research

• Employer
• Recruiter
• Application Requirements
• Systems
• Awards
• Current legislation

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Practice
Mock interviews
Websites questions

• Prepare for and rehearse standard questions
• Tell me about a time when
• What would you do in the following
  circumstance

Video tape
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Dress Grooming
Body image (clothing) communicates first to the
wearer and then to the viewer, affecting the way
the wearer thinks, feels, and acts or behaves
and then the way the viewer reacts or responds.

Judith Rasband, Conselle L.C. As
people dress down, productivity and manner go
down accordinglyYes it does!

Hawkins, Cloward, and Simister Accounting
Firm The shape your shoes are in tell a lot
about your attention to detail.
K-Mart Recruitor
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Timing
Plan for crisis and never let them see you sweat!
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DURING
Courtesies Body Language Verbal
Language Questions
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Courtesies

• Arrive early
• Smile
• Use formal titles
• Firm handshake
• Wait to be invited to sit

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Body Language

• Show energy, enthusiasm, passion
• Demonstrate openness, responsiveness, and optimism

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Verbal Language

• Put the best spin on the truth.
• Listen completely before formulating answers.
• Turn negatives into positives.
• Tell storiesdemonstrate rather than talk about
  strengths.
• Listen to learn.

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Questions

• Be genuinely interested and curious.
• Have at least 3 prepared questions you couldnt
  find answers to.
• Establish interviewers timetable follow-up
  procedure.

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Thank you note Represent BYU Network Journal/Log
AFTER
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Dont drop the ball!
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• Within 24 hours
• Multiple reasons
• Personable

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• Track who, what, where, when, how
• Learn from experience

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• Follow-up
• Always make arrangements for next contact.
• Secretaries receptionists

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• Your choice to attend
• Claire
• The Best in the World

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