Interviewing Tips

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Interviewing Tips

• UI100 First-Year Seminar
• (Adapted from Tips on Job Interviews from the
  Career Services Office)

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Interviewing Tips

• Preparation
• Research company objectives.
• Research job description.
• Get specific directions to the interview
  location.
• Allow time to arrive at least five minutes before
  scheduled appointment.
• Dress conservatively professionally.

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Interviewing Tips

• Application
• Read job application thoroughly before you begin
  to complete it.
• Follow directions.
• Type application neatly, accurately, and
  completely.
• Proofread application before returning it to
  interviewer.

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Interviewing Tips

• Essentials
• Present an organized image of yourself.
• Bring extra resumes.
• Bring good pen with black or blue ink.
• Carry resume/notepad in dark folder or briefcase.

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Interviewing Tips

• Interview
• Walk in confidently.
• Give firm handshake, looking interviewer in the
  eye.
• Keep posture upright

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Interviewing Tips

• Speak distinctly using good grammar.
• Speak enthusiastically.
• Be courteous.
• Have ready answers for defined goals.

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Interviewing Tips

• Show pride in your accomplishments abilities.
• Give positive responses about yourself.
• Ask intelligent questions

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Interviewing Tips

• Be aggressive but not abrasive.
• Be confident.
• At all times, be honest and sincere.
• Show appreciation for the interview.

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Interviewing Tips

• Thank You
• After your interview, always send a handwritten
  letter of thanks.

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Interviewing Tips

• Most Commonly Asked Questions by Interviewers
• What do you see yourself doing five years from
  now?
• Tell me a little about yourself.
• How well do you work under pressure?
• Are you willing to travel?

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Interviewing Tips

• What do you consider to be your greatest
  strength?
• What do you consider to be your greatest
  weakness?
• Why should we hire you?

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Interviewing Tips

• What major problem have you encountered and how
  did you deal with it?
• What did you do while you were in college?

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Interviewing Tips

• Questions Candidates Ask Interviewers
• Job
• Is this a newly created position?
• Why is this position now vacant?
• What are you looking for in the person who will
  fill this position.

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Interviewing Tips

• Benefits
• What are the benefits of your company in terms of
  
• Salary and promotion?
• Health and/or Life insurance?
• Travel expenses?
• Automobile?
• Company motor pool?
• Continuing education?

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Interviewing Tips

• Administrative Position
• What can you tell me about the individual to whom
  I would report?
• What authority would I have?
• How many people would I supervise?

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Interviewing Tips

• Information to have on the Employer
• Relative size of organization
• Potential growth of organization
• Breadth of products, programs, or services
  available
• Who is the competition?
• Organizational structure
• Geographical locations
• Opportunities for professional and personal
  development

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Interviewing Tips

• Number of plants, stores or sales outlets
• Relocation policies
• Present price of stock
• Location of home office

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Interviewing Tips

• Agency purpose or mission
• Staff structure qualifications
• Status of organization in the field, in the
  community

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Interviewing Tips

• Overall, it is important that you are
• Professional
• Prepared
• Courteous

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• Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure
  to conquer. You have only to persevere to save
  yourselves. Sir Winston Churchill