A JOB INTERVIEW IS
•a type of employment test that involves a conversation between a job applicant and representative of the employing organization
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THE MAIN ASPECTS
• A job interview typically precedes the hiring decision, and is used to evaluate the candidate
• The job interview is considered one of the most useful tools for evaluating potential employees
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THE MAIN ASPECTS
• Multiple rounds of job interviews may be used where there are many candidates or the job is particularly challenging or desirable
• A common initial interview form is the phone interview, a job interview conducted over the telephone. This is especially common when the candidates do not live near the employer and has the advantage of keeping costs low for both sides
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COMMON QUESTIONS, WHICH YOUR EMPLOYER MIGHT ASK YOU ABOUT
• Why are you looking for a job?
• It means that your potential employer want to be informed about your ambitions, your attitude to finding a job
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COMMON QUESTIONS, WHICH YOUR EMPLOYER MIGHT ASK YOU ABOUT
• Why have you chosen our company?
• Personal talk about changed plans of the candidate, perspectives for growth potential, disability to communicate with boss, and so on
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COMMON QUESTIONS, WHICH YOUR EMPLOYER MIGHT ASK YOU ABOUT
• What are your strengths and weaknesses?
• Very common question includes analysis your own pros and cons. Be honest, don’t hide anything from your potential director
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COMMON QUESTIONS, WHICH YOUR EMPLOYER MIGHT ASK YOU ABOUT
• Do you have you reference from your previous job?
• The interviewer is trying to be sure that you’re the best in line for a vacant position you’re applying for
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COMMON QUESTIONS, WHICH YOUR EMPLOYER MIGHT ASK YOU ABOUT
• How well are you communicative and skillful in using computer and internet?
• The more skill full you’re the more you’re competitive
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INTERVIEWEE STRATEGIES AND BEHAVIORS
• Physical attractiveness
• Nonverbal behaviors
• Faking
• Coaching
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TYPICAL QUALITIES, WHICH THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE MUST HAVE
• Mental ability: Applicants' capacity to learn and process information
• Personality: Conscientiousness, agreeableness, emotional stability, extroversion, openness to new experiences
• Interest, goals, and values: Applicant motives, goals, and person-organization fit
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EXPERIENTAL FACTORS
• Experience: Job-relevant knowledge derived from prior experience
• Education: Job-relevant knowledge derived from prior education
• Training: Job-relevant knowledge derived from prior training
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CORE JOB ELEMENTS
• Declarative knowledge: Applicants' learned knowledge
• Procedural skills and abilities: Applicants' ability to complete the tasks required to do the job
• Motivation: Applicants' willingness to exert the effort required to do the job
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