Interview

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Interview Resume Writing Skills
WorkshopR.M.I.T.
Jane Hermann Chris Davern February 2005
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Agenda

• Agilent Technologies
• the current Job Market in Australia
• your Job Application
• the Job Interview
• lets practice !

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Your Scores
0-4 You have a lot of work to do. At this stage,
any professional job interview success, will tend
to be from good luck rather than good management
!!! 5-7 Your are on the right track, however,
there is still a lot you could do to improve your
chances of success. 8-10 Well done, you are
already doing much more than most to increase
your chances of success !!!
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Agilents Purpose
To provide critical enabling technologies to
advance the state of the art and help our
customers achieve their business results
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Agilents Profile

• Technology innovator
• Focus on communications, electronics, life
  sciences and chemical analysis markets
• Market leader in multiple categories
• Strong customer relationships
• Global presence and scale

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Agilents Focus
Communications
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis
Electronics
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Agilents Core Technologies
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Agilents Strategy
Strengthen our position as the 1 measurement
company in the world, while leveraging our
technology and expertise to provide components,
software and services to attractive new markets
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Agilent Around the World

• Customers in more than 110 countries
• More than half of revenue generated outside
  U.S.
• Global manufacturing and RD

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Agilents Industry-Leading Customers
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis
Test and Measurement
Semiconductor Products
Automated Test
Astra Zeneca Aventis BASF AG Bayer AG Boehringer
Ingelheim DuPont Dow Chemical Exxon-Mobil Eli
Lilly GlaxoSmithKline Merck Nestle Novartis Pfizer
U.S. Army, FDA, EPA, NIH
Alcatel Ericsson Fujitsu IBM LG Lockheed Lucent Mo
torola NEC Nokia Samsung Sprint Verizon
Celestica Cisco EMC Hitachi HP Huawei IBM LG Logit
ech Motorola Nokia Nortel Samsung Siemens Solectro
n Sony Ericsson
Cisco Ericsson Flextronics IBM Motorola Siemens No
kia NVIDIA Philips Qualcomm Solectron Samsung STMi
croelectronics Toshiba TSMC
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Agilents Values

• Innovation and contribution
• Trust, respect and teamwork
• Uncompromising integrity
• Speed
• Focus
• Accountability

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The Job Market in Australia

• steady
• emerging markets in Asia ? China, India,
  Taiwan, Korea
• unemployment about 5.9
• increase Internet advertising
• growing corporate commitment to graduate
  recruitment

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Where to look for jobs
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Your Application

• every company is unique and has different needs
  ? customise your application
• include a Cover Letter ? clear, no mistakes !!
• beware of format features for on-line
  applications

If you are just like everyone else, I am not
interested. We are not hiring everyone else
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Your resume
a WINNING RESUME
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The interview - how to prepare
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Types of Interviews

• phone / video
• single face to face
• panel ? 2, 3, or sometimes more
• assessment centers ? behavioural based
• often includes a combination of these approaches

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Overcoming Nerves

• good night sleep
• arrive early
• check location ? trains, traffic, trams,
  building etc
• dummy interviews
• stop and listen
• breathe !!

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After the interview

• follow up ? a written thank you note
• review your performance
• what did you do well
• what could you improve on
• was there any feedback
• is this the type of company I want to work for

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General tips

• failure to prepare is preparing to fail
• its ok to ask for the question to be repeated or
  to ask for more time tom answer
• dont overstate your achievements
• communicate confidently
• be honest
• remember the interviewer has something to offer
  and so do you

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Remember

• "When you do the common things in life in an
  uncommon way, you will command the attention of
  the world.
• George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943), American
  agricultural chemist, agronomist and experimenter

• "There are precious few Einsteins among us. Most
  brilliance arises from ordinary people working
  together in extraordinary ways.
• Roger Von Oech, American writer

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• Always dream and shoot higher than you know how
  to. Dont bother to just be better than your
  contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better
  than yourself.
• William Faulkner (1897-1962), American writer
  received Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949

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Thank You !!!
Thank You !!!
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Scenario 1 - Initial Contact / First Impression
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Scenario 2 - Answering an Interview Question
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Scenario 3 - Answering an Interview Question
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Scenario 3 - Answering an Interview Question