Interviewing

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Interviewing

• Presented By
• Lisa M. WinterSherwin-Williams Paint
  Companylisa.m.winter_at_sherwin.com

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A Little Humor
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Before the Interview

• Preparation Is Key!
• Research the Company You Are Interviewing With
• Understand industry, operations and performance
• At minimum, Annual Report and web site should be
  reviewed
• Ensure Your Resume Is Updated and Complete
• Be Dressed For Success

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Before the Interview

• Determine what skills will be vital to the
  position.
• Get information on position from Career Fair, web
  site, success stories, etc.
• Once skills have been identified, think of how
  you have demonstrated them.
• Make notes of examples
• Not all examples have to be positive

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Common Skills Required

• Leadership
• Delegation
• Time Management
• Decision Making
• Initiating Action
• Teamwork

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During the Interview

• Behavioral Interviewing What is it?
• BI is a structured technique that was developed
  to improve accuracy in predicting success on the
  job.
• It accomplishes this by targeting behavior that
  leads to success on the job.

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During the Interview

• Why is Behavioral Interviewing used?
• There are 2 advantages for the employer in the
  use of BI.
• Past behavior is the best indicator of future
  behavior.
• Employers can learn more from real situations and
  specific behaviors than from theoretical
  questions. (How would you, what do you think)
  that tend to give "perfect answers".

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During the Interview

• Why is Behavioral Interviewing good for me?
• BI is to your advantage as the interviewee
  because it gives you the opportunity to tell your
  story.
• You are able to provide specific examples of past
  behaviors.

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Answering the Questions

• Answer using the STAR response
• Situation
• Task
• Action
• Results

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During the Interview

• What To Expect
• Questions that will solicit
• information about a candidate's knowledge
• behaviors and motivations
• specific answers without wondering
• Be prepared to speak about results that were less
  than stellar but then talk about what you learned
  from the experience AND have an example of how
  you used what you learned in another scenario.

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Things TO DO During Interview

• Be Focused
• Be Confident
• Ask Quality Questions
• Be Specific
• Do Not Rush Yourself Silence is OK!

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Things NOT To Do

• Act Disinterested
• Go Unprepared
• Talk Too Much
• Talk Too Little
• Display Bad Manners

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Some Sample Questions

• Tell me about a time when you delegated a task
  and were disappointed with the results.
• Tell me about a time when you had many tasks to
  accomplish and how you handled it.
• What has been your biggest achievement? What
  steps did you take to achieve it?

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After the Interview

• Inquire About Next Steps
• Send Thank-You Letter
• Send follow up letter within 24 hours to everyone
  with whom you have met
• Carefully proofed and spell-checked
• Mention specifics from the interview, including
  ways you can contribute
• Clarify or amplify points that arose in the
  interview
• Do Not Send Gifts

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Resume Objectives

• Marketing Tool sells You!
• Summarizes how your skills abilities can
  contribute to their company
• Helps get you a job interview
• Employer screening tool

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Resume Formats

• Chronological
• Focuses on your work history with most recent
  position first.
• Easy for employers to follow your career history
  and career progression.
• Functional
• Focuses on your skills and experience. Skills
  are grouped into functional areas.
• Used most often when changing careers or if there
  are employment gaps.

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Resume Formats

• Combination Format
• Combination of the Chronological Functional
  Resume Formats
• Highlights skills and provides the chronological
  work history that some employers prefer.
• Targeted Format
• Customized to a specific job
• Written specifically to the employers needs
• The Objective Statement is important and must
  specifically refer to the open position.

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Resume Body

• Contact Information
• Career Objective Statement
• Education
• Summary of Qualifications
• Experience (Dates)
• Organizations/Involvement
• References

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Objective

• Targeted
• Seeking a position as a Management Trainee within
  Sherwin-Williams.
• General
• Project management position in Marketing.

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Experience

• Select the skills that relate to the job you
  want.
• List the largest responsibility first.
• Use numbers, s, statistics, and examples to
  support your experience.

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Items NOT recommended on a resume

• Names, ages and number of children
• Hobbies
• Height Weight
• Salary
• References
• Misspellings

• Marital Status
• Age
• Race
• Photograph
• Religious or Political Affiliations

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Ways to market your resume

• Posting at Career Services
• Networking
• Career Fairs
• Professional Websites
• Post Online
• Corporate Web Sites

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• QUESTIONS ??