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.