This webinar features Dr. Bruce Gillies, Trident University International faculty member and author of The Twenty-First Century Career Search Most interview candidates see the job interviewing process as a one way information flow with the hiring managers asking the questions and the candidate responding. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In "Dynamic Job Interviewing for Success" you will learn: • how to control the interview to gain maximum leverage through engaging the interviewers. • techniques that will help you not only impress interviewers, but help you find out about the company and whether you'll enjoy the job or not.

1. Dynamic Job
Interviewing
for Success
Tanya White-Earnest | www.trident4careers.com | trident4careers@trident.edu 714.816.0366 x1943

2. WELCOME
▪ Today’s Host:
Tanya White-Earnest – Director,
Center for Career Planning and
Workforce Strategies
Tanya.WhiteEarnest@trident.edu
▪ Today’s Moderator:
Daniel Sloan – Content Marketing
Specialist
Daniel.Sloan@trident.edu
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3. WELCOME
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4. AGENDA
JULY 13, 2016
▪ Presented by Dr. Bruce Gillies
bruce.gillies@trident.edu
Dynamic Job Interviewing for Success

5. AGENDA
• JULY 13, 2016
▪ Why do an interview?
▪ Set yourself up for interview success
▪ Dynamic Interviewing
▪ What to do after the interview
▪ Questions & Answers
Dynamic Job Interviewing for Success

6. DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS
WHY DO THEY DO INTERVIEWS?
▪ Purpose of the résumé is to determine if you CAN do
the job.
▪ Purpose of the interview is to determine if you WILL
do the job.

7. SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS
• Pre-interview:
• Find out who you are interviewing with
• Find out the dress code
• Find out about the company
• Read their mission statement, vision statement, and current
situation
• Know what they do.
• Pre-drive the route to the interview AT THE TIME of the
interview a few days before.
• Traffic flow
• Parking
• Be there 13-17 minutes early.
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

8. FLOW OF AN INTERVIEW
• Introductions
• Questions – Answers
• Conclusion
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

9. DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS
DYNAMIC INTERVIEWING
• What does it mean?
• How do you do it?

10. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY DURING THE
INTERVIEW?
▪ Find out why they need the position filled!
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

11. MAINTAIN SOFT CONTROL
• What IS Soft Control?
• Interviews are a two way communication
• YOU find out about them while THEY find
out about you.
• Follow-up each of THEIR questions with
YOUR question. THIS makes it dynamic.
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

12. TYPES OF QUESTIONS
• Probing-
• “Tell us about yourself.”
• Behavioral
• “Provide an example of a time when you were ….”
• Personal
• “Tell us about your strengths.”
• “Tell us about your weaknesses.”
• Ability
• “Do you know how to use a BasketWeaver model 2100?”
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

13. WRAPPING UP THE INTERVIEW
• Typically final question by interviewer is
• “Do you have any questions for us?”
• Your questions are important. They leave the lasting impression.
• “Where do you see the company in five years?”
• “Can you tell me why this position is open?”
• “What are the next steps?”
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

14. POST INTERVIEW
• When you get to your car, bus stop, train station, or waiting on cab:
• Take a few moments to debrief the interview.
• What went well?
• What questions did you feel you did not handle well?
• What were your thoughts on the company?
• What were the names of the interviewers?
• Write a nice thank you note and take it back in RIGHT AWAY.
• When you get home:
• Email or write a followup to the interview”
• Thanking them for the opportunity
• Refresh key points you want them to remember
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

15. THE JOB OFFER
• You may get a call with a job offer. It may include
initial offer of compensation.
• Don’t hang up.
• Thank them for the information.
• Ask them for their phone number so you can call them back
in case you get cut off.
• Do NOT accept the offer immediately. That is an
EMOTIONAL response.
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

16. WRAP-UP
• Be genuine
• Show interest
• Ask a question with every response you provide
• Use the correct strategy for the appropriate question
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

17. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
DYNAMIC JOB INTERVIEWING
FOR SUCCESS

18. CONNECT WITH CPWS
• Call us at:
714-816-0366 extension: 1943
• Email us at:
trident4careers@trident.edu
• Email Dr. Gilles:
Bruce.Gillies@trident.edu

19. THANK YOU!
We appreciate you joining us today for:
Dynamic Job Interviewing for Success
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