INTERVIEWING Things to consider Before the interview During

INTERVIEWING

Things to consider: Before the interview During the interview After the interview

Before the interview 1. Do some research about • the company and • the position you apply for • Visit the company’s website • Get some information about the organization

. 2. Know yourself • • • Who are you? your streghts and weaknesses? your career objectives? your long and short range goals? Why ‘you’?

. 3. Practice Role-playing to improve your communication skills Make sure that you have • audible voice • eye-contact 4. Be puctual 5. Make a good first impression

The Dress Code

Different types of interviews • • • One-to-one contact A panel interview Performance interviewing In-basket interviewing Behavioral interviewing

Breaking the ice • "The secret is to have one to two good open-ended questions that require the person to talk — it lets you show you are a good listener, " says J. T. O'Donnell, the founder of the career-advice site Careerealism. com and the author of "Careerealism: The Smart Approach to a Satisfying Career. " • Avoid anything controversial, highly personal, or clumsy, Amanda Augustine, an expert in career advice for Top. Resume, tells Business Insider. • Stick to safer topics that will help your candidacy, while confidently and comfortably breaking the ice at the beginning of your interview.

After the interview • Review your performance • Make plans to improve your skills • Make the interview a learning experience

Target Vocabulary negotiable (adj) • variable • debatable • The terms of the contract are negotiable. • The price was not negotiable.

workload (n) • the amount of work that is expected to be done • Students complained about the heavy workload.

fall behind (v) • to fail to do something as quickly as planned or required • We've been falling further behind with our work. • I am falling behind on my homework. • We fell behind on our car payments.

prospect (n) • • chance, expectation plan possibility • He has few prospects for employment. • She has a lot of business prospects. (She has a lot of prospects for doing business. ) • prospective (adj): future, possible

punctual (adj) • arriving or doing something at the expected or planned time • The trains were punctual. • a punctual employee

frankly (adv) • in an honest and direct way • Frankly, I think your essay needs more work. • Speaking quite frankly, I'm not certain she's the one for the job.

achievement (n) • stg completed successfully, • goal reached, • accomplishment • Getting the project done on time was a real achievement. • The discovery of DNA was a major scientific achievement.

challenging (adj) • difficult in a way that is usually interesting or enjoyable • Teaching is challenging but rewarding work. • It's a challenging book that requires careful reading.

rewarding (adj) • • pleasing beneficial satisfying Worthwhile • a rewarding business venture • a rewarding career

career move (n) • a change that you make in order to get a better job or to have better success in your job • Moving to a smaller company turned out to be a good career move.