Interview

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Interview

• Making The Interview Work

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The Clothes Make the Job Seeker

• Interview clothes should be clean and pressed
• Take a neutral-colored umbrella in case it rains
• Make good-quality copies of your resume on nice
  grade paper
• Make sure your purse or briefcase is stocked with
  everything you need such as pen (not pencils),
  notebook, breath mints, comb, and umbrella

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Practice

• Dedicate one night prior to the interview to a
  mock Q A
• Make up questions and practice with a friend
• Dont panic if you are not asked the same
  questions

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Do Your Homework

• Spend at least two days researching the company
• Take notes
• Memorize important facts
• Use your homework when you practice

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Interview with Body Language

• Make eye contact but dont over do it
• If you are offered a chair, sit and lean forward
  not backward
• Avoid strong expressionsbe conservative
• Offer a strong handshake with a toothy smile

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Negative Signs

• Hand behind the headuniversal sign of annoyance
• Palm down gesturesreserved for authority figures
• Tilting headsgreat for courtship but not an
  interview
• Laughterlaugh with the interviewer but dont
  interrupt with laughter on your own

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Ten Sample Questions

1. Which supervisors have you found easiest to work
   with and which have been most difficult?
2. What did you like best and least about your
   previous job?
3. Have you ever had to get a point across to
   different types of people? Give me an example and
   tell me what approach you would take.
4. Describe a work-related problem you had to face
   recently? What did you do to deal with it?

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• Give me an example of a time you found it
  necessary to make an exception to the rules in
  order to get something done.
• What was the best decision you ever made? What
  were the alternatives? How did you go about
  making it?
• Give me an example of a time you did more than
  what was required in your job.
• Tell me about a time you had to gain the
  cooperation of a group over which you had little
  or no authority. What did you do? How effective
  were you?
• Have you ever had trouble learning a new method
  or procedure? How did you deal with that
  situation?
• Tell me about a problem you have had that would
  affect more than one department. How did you try
  to solve it?
• The End . . .