Thematic Table Topic toward Career Development

1. SU TOAST
Thematic Table Topics
Prescreening Phone Interviews
Topic Master: Kim, Sung-Jin

2. Role Play & Setting
 Recruiting / Hiring Manager vs. Candidates
 Simulated Configuration
 Two seats lie in front stage; each seat facing opposite
direction: e.g., north-to-south or east-to-west!
 Except job candidate & manager, everybody is waiting
outside the door!
 When one candidate is done with his interview and
get out of the room, he tells the next candidate lining
up for the line to come in.

3. Things you need to remember
DURING the interview (1)
• Understand what manager wants to
hear
 He thinks to himself…
“Is this the kind of person as I listen to?
Does this person sound like somebody I
want talking to my customers and to my
clients?”

4. Things you need to remember
DURING the interview (2)
• Understand what manager wants to
check (Evaluation)
 He is checking to see if…
“How are this candidate doing with his
fundamental skills, fundamental
knowledge, attitude, and personality? Is he
reflecting confidence and professionalism in
terms of those four factors above?”

5. Things you need to remember
DURING the interview (3)
• Notice what the goal of prescreening
phone interview is
 To disqualify the candidate;
elimination process

6. Things you need to remember
DURING the interview (4)
• Know of limits: Time & Visual Cues
 No Visual Cues over the phone!
 Finish your answers within 1-to-2 minutes:
2 minutes maximum
 Get to the point soon; make it succinct; ask him any
details to tell for what you answered to his
 Take your time before answering:
Use your pauses wisely whenever you need

7. Things you need to remember
DURING the interview (5)
• Be energetic!
 Don’t sit standstill; stand up!
 Visualize that you are looking at the mirror
right in front of you!
 Make your passion and enthusiasm convey to
him!

8. Things you’re asked
DURING the interview
• “Tell me about yourself!”
• “What is your greatest weakness?” (!)
• “Are you a team player?”
• “Are there certain dramatic skills, such as computer
skills, technical welding place?”
• “What do you like the most and least of your job
position?”
• “Describe your typical day and week? (!)”
• “What is your long-range goal?” (e.g., within 5 years)
• “Why should I hire you?”