Group 10 - Chapter 8
Group 10 - Chapter 8
Group 10 - Chapter 8
Preparing
for the
Interview
Chapter 8
Nguyễn Phương Anh
01 Have a Positive
Attitude
02 Communicate and 03 Be Prepared for
Dress for the Any Type of
Occasion— Interview
Impression
Management
04 Carefully Plan
Answers to
05 Be Prepared 06 Be Prepared to
with Questions Follow up the
Probable to Ask the Interview
Questions Interviewer
07 Send a Thank-
You card
About
Interviewing
Interviewing Skills
Ø Acing job interviews requires in-depth
preparation and the ability to feel
comfortable and confident when
discussing your skills, experience and
qualifications with hiring managers.
1. Have a Positive Attitude
2. Communicate and Dress
for the Occasion—
Impression Management
Verbal
Vocal
Visual
Common Mistakes Men and Women Make in Dress and Appearance
Men Women
Cheap-looking tie or tie that is too short Inappropriate or too much jewelry
3. Be Prepared for Any
Type of Interview
01
The Nonstructured
Interview
The Structured Interview
02
The Hostile or
Stress Interview
03
The Group Interview
04
The Video or
Virtual Interview
05
4. Carefully plan answer
to probable questions
Applicants should do the followings when
answering questions:
• Use technical jargon
• Use active, positive and concrete
language
• Support answers with specific examples,
comparisons, illustrations and statistics
taken from personal experience,
coworkers, supervisors and company
publications
• Use humor when appropriate
• Describe job weaknesses or physical
disabilities in a positive manner
Standard questions that are designed to
determine basic skills and abilities. A few
“tough” standard questions
• What do you know about our company?
• Why do you want to leave your current
job?
• What do you think of your present job?
• What salary are you expecting?
• Where do you want to be 5 years from
now?
• Describe yourself in three adjectives.
• …
Behavioral question: requires you to give
examples of your skills or behaviors.
• One method for framing your answers to
behavioral questions is called SAR:
situation or problem/task, action, and
result or outcome
• A few “tough” behavioral questions:
• Tell me about a situation in which you
benefited from a personal mistake.
• Explain how you saw a new project
through to completion
It is impossible to predict exactly what is
going to happen during an interview, take
time to consider probable questions and
think through your answers
5. Be Prepared with Questions to Ask the Interviewers
01
02
03
04
6. Be prepared to follow up the interview
7. Send A Thank-You Card
To sum up, remember, the most
important thing is to always be yourself.
Do and don’ts
Dos Don’ts