Interview Skills
INTERVIEW SKILLS
Interviewing:
The job interview can be a pleasant and rewarding experience. It gives you and the employer a chance to discuss your qualifications and determine if a match can be made. Interviews vary in style length and can have a number of different interviewers depending upon the organization, so try to prepare for anything.
Interview Styles: Directed This consists of a list of specific questions, which are in a certain order every time. Sometimes a checklist will be used to record your answers.
Non-directed This style consists of broad open-ended questions designed to get you to talk about yourself. It is more conversational in tone than the directed interview.
Stress This is an interview designed to see how well you handle stress. Stress interviews are normally used in interviewing for top level positions. However, most interviews do not follow a specific style, but interviews may use their own combination of types instead. Regardless of the style or styles used, an interviewer is basically interested in two things: • WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE COMPANY? • WHAT CAN YOU OFFER THE COMPANY?
Stages of the Interview
An interview usually consists of four stages:
BREAKING THE ICE This is to help both you and the interviewer “tune in” to the interview situation. It usually consists of small talk about the weather, your trip to the interview and so on. The content and the duration of this stage is controlled by the interviewer.
SHARING OF GENERAL INFORMATION The interviewer will begin to tell you something about the company and the position that is open. You, in turn, can begin to tell the interviewer how your skills will relate to the position. You should be concise, using specific examples when ever possible.
AMPLIFICATION AND SHARPENING OF FOCUS At this point in the interview, you will be offering a lot of information about yourself. You will be questioned about your work-related
Interviewing:
The job interview can be a pleasant and rewarding experience. It gives you and the employer a chance to discuss your qualifications and determine if a match can be made. Interviews vary in style length and can have a number of different interviewers depending upon the organization, so try to prepare for anything.
Interview Styles: Directed This consists of a list of specific questions, which are in a certain order every time. Sometimes a checklist will be used to record your answers.
Non-directed This style consists of broad open-ended questions designed to get you to talk about yourself. It is more conversational in tone than the directed interview.
Stress This is an interview designed to see how well you handle stress. Stress interviews are normally used in interviewing for top level positions. However, most interviews do not follow a specific style, but interviews may use their own combination of types instead. Regardless of the style or styles used, an interviewer is basically interested in two things: • WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE COMPANY? • WHAT CAN YOU OFFER THE COMPANY?
Stages of the Interview
An interview usually consists of four stages:
BREAKING THE ICE This is to help both you and the interviewer “tune in” to the interview situation. It usually consists of small talk about the weather, your trip to the interview and so on. The content and the duration of this stage is controlled by the interviewer.
SHARING OF GENERAL INFORMATION The interviewer will begin to tell you something about the company and the position that is open. You, in turn, can begin to tell the interviewer how your skills will relate to the position. You should be concise, using specific examples when ever possible.
AMPLIFICATION AND SHARPENING OF FOCUS At this point in the interview, you will be offering a lot of information about yourself. You will be questioned about your work-related