Interviewing Essentials
Is That Your Final Answer? Milestone 9
60 minutes
Please have on hand: Your positioning statement, the A (Assess Opportunity) and the M (Manage Transition) books, and all handouts.
ADDITIONAL HANDOUTS
▪ Preparing for an Interview
▪ Nonverbal Communications
▪ Listening Tips
▪ 10 Most Commonly Asked Interview Questions
AGENDA
▪ The different types of interviews and interviewing models
▪ The interviewing process including preparation, the interview itself and closing
▪ The importance of using a positioning statement and accomplishment stories
TYPES OF INTERVIEWS
▪ Screening, Panel, Behavioral, Case and Telephone interviews
▪ Two interviewing models: traditional and strategic
THE INTERVIEW PROCESS
Preparation
▪ Handout: Preparing for an Interview
▪ The 3 Cs: What the interviewer and you are looking for
▪ Review independently: Listening Tips, and Nonverbal Communications.
During the Interview
▪ Using your positioning
▪ Using accomplishment stories (the SOAR technique)
Concluding the Interview
▪ “Why should we hire you?” – Selling Yourself with the 3 Cs
▪ What to know before leaving the interview
▪ Follow up after the interview
SUMMARIZE SESSION
▪ Additional seminars related to topics discussed in this class:
– Career Objectives, covers accomplishment (SOAR) stories
– Communications Strategy, covers the positioning statement and exit statement
– an interactive Interviewing program in the e-learning Career Center on the CRN
▪ Please complete the online Workshop Evaluation (link available on CRN)
Selling Yourself with the 3 Cs
“Why Should We Hire You?” Interviewing Essentials
During a series of interviews (2, 3 or more), a question might be posed in one of two ways toward the last of the interviews. Use the 3 Cs – Competence, Compatibility and Chemistry – to develop your response.
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