Behavioral Interviewing From The Job Seekers Perspective
Interviewing For Success
1. Karen M Zoller, HR Professional August 2009 Interviewing for Success
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Editor's Notes
Hiring Manager becomes acquainted with candidate and vice versa Provide the candidate with an opportunity to learn about the organization Provide the candidate with an opportunity to market his/her skills and competencies
While these appear to be unstructured interviews, these are planned discussions. It is important that you stay alert so that you present the information you want – and not be seduced
Managing the “Gut Feel” Interview - Stay alert. Be thoughtful about your answers. Questions seem free-form, not connected
Tough Questions are those that you can’t answer (or don’t want to answer) Questions that may be illegal, irrelevant, incomprehensible or simply to trip you Questions may be challenging , stretch your ability to answer and let you demonstrate the skills that you have to offer
Questions for negative information
Job seekers who may appear to be over-qualified for any number of reasons – Particularly true of the mature worker