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Being
Interviewed
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Interview
skills are as important for getting a job as they are for getting
into college or university.
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Reason:
This is a key part of the selection process.
However good you appear on paper, it's how you present yourself in
person, how you answer those interview questions, that's likely to
be decisive in your success.
Objective:
To prove that you're the best person
for the job.
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Doing
it |
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So,
how can you be the BEST, the person who gets the job?
Through
PREPARATION: Finding out about the company, the job, and
then thinking about and planning how you're going to answer those
interview questions
^^Back
up
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Interview
Questions |
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There
have been interviews as long as there have been jobs needing to be
filled. This means that virtually any question you might be asked
at an interview can be predicted and an answer prepared.
WARNING |
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You'll find that most questions fall into two
categories: factual & human.
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Factual
questions
Testing out the information written on your application form or trying to find out more information about areas that the interviewer is concerned about or wants to know more about.
EXAMPLE TIP |
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Human
questions
Trying to identify what type of person you are. Often the questions start 'why' (why did you decide to study those subjects?) or 'what' (what do you see yourself doing in five years' time?). They deal with matters of personal preference, attitude and opinion.
EXAMPLE TIP
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These questions are asked in one of two ways
- open or closed.
Good interviewers generally only use open questions.
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Open
questions
Why do
you think you'll like working here?
EXAMPLES
WARNING
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Closed
questions
Do you think you'll like working here?
EXAMPLES
^^Back
up
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The
Bad Interviewer |
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If
you're faced with an interviewer who's not particularly good, you
need to take control. Listen to the audio if you want to hear the
technique for handling closed questions.
 Bad
response - Too short
Bad
response - Too long
Good
response
^^Back
up
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The end of the interview |
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Don't just think about the job, think about the
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This
is your chance to show how much you're interested in the company
and to find out if the job is really as interesting as it seems.
There's
normally something that you're not sure about, so ask away.
But, and this is a big BUT, don't ask questions for the sake of it.
EXAMPLE
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