Interviewing Part 1
Overall, I believed the interview questions to be very straight forward in getting to know a potential employee’s past experiences and future goals. The strength in my responses was focused on the ability to adapt to different types of people and environments while still bringing a positive attitude and insightful ideas to the table. Some questions only needed to be answered in a short sentence or two while others needed a little more detail in explanation. In a real life interview I could improve on the promptness in which I answer the questions as I would not have as much time to think about my choice of words. I think this exercise would have been more fun and beneficial to me if I had a webcam to add a realistic element to the interview. As far as the alternate response go, I feel that there are a number a good ways to answer an interview question depending on the individual and the job for which they are applying. If I could pass along a piece of advice to a future interviewee, it would be to practice because you don’t want to be caught off guard when talking face to face with your potential employer.http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/text_viewer.asp?id=B415B692-3AC2-4614-AEDA-39631207DBC6&mediatype=wmv&type=S
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~Janelle
I think the most problematic question for me was the one that asked about how I applied common knowledge to solve a work problem. Other than that I feel that most of the questions were standard interview questions and not so difficult to answer. My answers were rather brief in comparison to the answers that were provided. I do feel that tools like this are great to use because they allow you to think about things that you probably have not thought about before a interview and they allow you to not be put on the spot.
These are my interviews:
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Jessica West
I think the interview practice was very helpful and true. I have interviewed for several positions in the past and have come across many if not all of the questions that were asked before. I learned that some of the responses to the questions that I have given in previous interviews might have not been the best responses. Thankfully I still got the job. I think I could change my responses by being more confident in myself. I gave myself credit, but not enough credit in the question about rating yourself. My responses in many cases were similar to the alternate responses. I felt that the alternate responses were much wordier than mine. This is also an area I think I need to be more detailed in my response. I need to explain myself more than I was doing. Overall I learned from the coach that it is always important to stay confident in yourself. I also learned that it is important to use positive action verbs when talking about what your abilities are.
ReplyDeleteI feel the interview practice was a good exercise for people with little experience with what helps and what doesn't. I also felt it was good at allowing you to evaluate your results so you can figure out where you may need some improvement. It was not much help to me because I have been on a number of professional interviews. Overall I enjoyed the exercise and would recommend it to someone who may need some pointers on the subject.
ReplyDeleteAbraham, I think that the interview practice was a very good exercise for people with little interviewing experience as well. It hits on many of the questions, at least from my experience that are asked. Is this your observation as well?
ReplyDeleteIt does Chris. Being someone who has been on many job interviews I knew there must be a few key pointers to know. But its exercises like this that help you to see that its much more than that. Its almost a science.
ReplyDeleteI think that the interview practice is an excellent tool to prepare for an interview. It covers a wide array of the general questions you typically see in an interview. It also reminds you what to expect in an interview and helps you be prepared, but at the same time I think the most important part of an interview is being sharp because you can always hear a question you have never heard before and be able to come up with a quick smart response.
ReplyDeleteDavid, I agree with your comment on being sharp. I think too that practice can make perfect. I believe that if you go through the practice interviews over and over again making sure you are answering them correctly that you should be able to answer any question that is asked of you at a real interview. The questions might not be the same, but more than likely they will be very similar which comes back to "being sharp".
ReplyDeleteAbraham, like Chris, I agree with you that the practice is a great tool for people who are beginning interviews but at the same time I think it is great at refreshing points you are faced with for people who have focused on specific jobs and then try to apply for a different type of job.
ReplyDeleteChris, I do agree with you that practice definitely does improve and is tremendously important when interviewing, I was just referring to the ability to answer a question or solve a problem for a specific incident.
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