Preparing for Your Real Interview
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The document provides guidance on career exploration and preparing for interviews. It lists typical interview questions, how interview performance is rated, and reasons why candidates aren't hired. Specifically, it outlines a five step interview process, includes 10 common questions asked during interviews, and notes poor personal appearance, communication skills, lack of planning or goals, and lack of enthusiasm as reasons people may not be hired.
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Preparing for Your Real Interview
- 1. Career Exploration 1 & 2 Preparing for your real Interview
- 2. Five Step Interview Process
- 3. Typical Questions: ◻ 1. Why do you want to work here? ◻ 2. What kind of experience do you have? ◻ 3. Tell me about yourself. ◻ 4. Why should we hire you? ◻ 5. What do you do in your free time? ◻ 6. What do you think of working in a group? ◻ 7. How well do you work under pressure? ◻ 8. What do you feel are your greatest strengths? ◻ 9. What do you feel are your weaknesses? ◻ 10. What five words would best describe you? ◻ 11. What are your long term goals?
- 4. Observations / Feedback ◻ 1. What were some good things you saw our volunteer do? ◻ 2. What questions were hard? ◻ 3. What questions were easy? ◻ 4. What did the volunteer’s body language look like? ◻ 5. Would you hire this person?
- 5. How are you rated during an interview?
- 6. Why People Aren’t Hired ◻ Poor personal appearance ◻ Inability to communicate clearly, poor voice and grammar ◻ Lack of planning for a career... No goals ◻ Lack of enthusiasm or confidence ◻ Criticizing past employers ◻ Limp handshake ◻ Late to interview ◻ Takes no interest, doesn’t ask questions, lack of knowledge of position