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Pradep HR
Pradep HR
Interview
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Chapter Summary
Analyzing Yourself
Doing Your Homework
Conducting the Search
Preparing Credentials
Creating a Favorable First Impression
Answering Questions
Asking Questions
The Closing
Evaluation and Follow-Up
Handling Rejection
Summary
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Analyzing Yourself
Questions to Guide Your Self-Analysis
What are your personality strengths and
weaknesses?
What are your intellectual strengths and
weaknesses?
What are your communicative strengths and
weaknesses?
What have been your accomplishments and
failures?
Continued...
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Networking
Knocking on Doors
Newspapers and Newsletters
The Placement Agency or Service
The Internet
The Career/Job Fair
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Preparing Credentials
Resumes
Types of Resumes
Chronological resume; use action verbs to show that
you are a doer.
Functional resume; place your experiences under
headings that highlight your qualifications.
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Preparing Credentials
Resumes
Mechanics of Resumes
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Answering Questions
Responding: Successful Applicants
Listen, think, and then answer.
Effective answers are long on substance and short
on puffery.
Do not play act; act yourself.
Good recruiters detect phoniness.
Be informed before replying.
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Answering Questions
Responding: Unsuccessful Applicants
Unsuccessful applicants are passive and cautious.
Know what not to do during interviews, and then
do not do it.
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Answering Questions
Unlawful Questions
Do not be surprised by unlawful questions.
Identifying Unlawful Questions
The pressure is on the applicant.
Review EEO laws and your rights.
Beware of recruiter tricks to get unlawful
information.
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Asking Questions
Guidelines for asking questions
Question pitfalls
Sample applicant questions
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The Closing
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Handling Rejection
Dont be a victim
Use each interview as a learning process
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Summary
We are undergoing a second industrial revolution
thats moving from a manufacturing to a service and
information-oriented society.
The best positions in the future will go to those who
understand and are prepared for the selection
process.
You must know yourself, the position, and the
organization to be selected for a job.
The job search must be extensive.
Interviewing skills are increasingly important.