Interview/Resume Questions

All responses need to be in complete sentences and written with correct grammar and punctuation. Use your book as a main resource to answer the questions (Chapter 14)

1.    What types of interviews are common in today’s business environment and how do they different from one another? 

2.    What information should you locate about a company with which you will interview? What means will you use to locate the information?

3.    Write a brief statement that describes your unique value to an employer. Include information about your educational experiences, work experience, involvement in student organizations, and other pertinent information. 

4.    What nonverbal messages can an interviewee convey to favorably impress an interviewer? What negative nonverbal messages can be conveyed?

5.    How do responses to standard and behavioral interview questions differ?

6.    What is a good strategy to use when you are asked about your major weakness? Provide a specific example you might use?

7.    Discuss three ways an interviewee can handle an illegal interview question. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

8.    How do the thank-you and the follow-up letter differ? What should each contain?

9.    What guidelines should be followed in requesting a recommendation letter?

10.  Which would be written deductively:  (a) an acceptance letter, (b) a refusal letter, or (c) a resignation letter? What ideas should be included in each of these letters?

11.  Explain why communication skills are the universal job requirement.

Resume Introduction

Using your Resume Information packet, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your own blog. This will help us get a basic background knowledge of resumes before we create our own. You can utilize Chapter 14 in your textbook as well to help along the way.

1. How is a resume like a school paper?
2. How can an email address on your resume get you in trouble? Give an example of a good vs bad email address?
3. What is the purpose of an "objective" and why might it be a good idea in your situation?
4. What is the purpose of a summary? What are some aspects that separate a good vs bad summary?
5. What should be included in your "Experience Section"? What might you want to include since you are young and might not have a lot of experience yet?
6. What are some differences between sharing your education experience, good vs bad details?
7. Off the top of your head, who are some references that you might want to get information from to include on your resume?

After you have posted the responses to the above questions, you will now start to create your own resume using the templates and sheets given.