PPT about Interviews in GCDPo in Czech republic

1. Interview Guideline

2. Set interview
• By phone call
• By email
• Set time for meeting: (3 – 4 dates when you can
meet)
• Make sure you have reserved a room where you
can conduct the interview and ensure the
applicant knows how to get there
• Ask for CV

3. Before Interview:

4. You need to know
• Our product– features & benefits, S & D (Which kind of
country partners we have and which kind of projects they
have)
• Why we are better than our competitors (travel
agencies,…)
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• We have Unique product:
• By our servis - help,
• We are helping people to have volunteering
experiences, get to know different cultures, to do
meaningfull work abroad.
• We have references, huge network, a lot of opportunitie

5. You need to have:
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exact JDs, promo materials
references
know stories
statistics (for example: how much people we
sent last year as @ ČR)

6. How to prepare:
• Read CV – make notes
• Have online form
• Know questions and how to evaluate them
(viz. Record from webinar, trainings)

7. What not to do:
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Don´t ask more than 1 question in same time
Don´t use negative words
Don't judge answers
Don't be rude and unprofessional

8. Time Schedule of the interview:
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Introduction – 5%
Explaining AIESEC – 10%
collecting information about student – 70%
Questions from student – 10%
Follow-up – 5%

9. Interview

10. Flow of meeting:
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Introduction, ice break
What AIESEC can offer
Questions about him/her
Show specific examples of what he/she can do
Their questions
Checking exp.
Next step
Follow up
*During whole interview is really important to listen the customer
whole time and with questions to find out what is the reason s/he
wanna travel abroad and use negociation to offer him/her the right
options for him/her.

11. 1. Introduction:
• greet the student and offer him
water/coffee/tee
• Ask if he/she have enough time you need. (do
you have 20 min?).
• Introduce yourself and your colleague
• Say some ice break to have possitive and
friendly atmosphere
• Tell him/her how will be the process of this
interview and it´s purpouse

12. 2. Introduction of
AIESEC
• Ask what s/he knows about us
• Explain what we do and why we do it:
• we are the biggest international students organization in the World. We were
established after World war two to make peace in the World: our vision is Peace
& Fullfilment of human kind potential
• What do we do is that we are developing leadership in young people through
our four core products:
• International internships: Proffesional and Volunteering one,
• Membership in organization: Member of organization, Teamleader of members
in org.
*It means that young people are developing themselves (competencies) by working
in intense and challenging environment.

13. • Which kind of projects we have, what are our
country partners:
• We have 11 Country partners:
Russia, Italy, Romania, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Ta
iwan, Srí Lanka, Columbia, Brazil, Mexico.
• We have tree main sub-products: Global Citizen
Cultural, Global Citizen Entrepreneur and Global
Citizen Languages.
• -Explain general JD s of each sub-product.

14. 3. Questions about
him/her
• Use general questions – online form
• use STAR method:(
Situation, Tasks, Actions, Results)
• Look for reason, motivation, exp., limitation
• Find out need of the customer – why he/she
wanna go abroad and what s/he wanna do there

15. 4. Show specific examples
of what he/she can do:
• Based on Results of the customer show him
concrete JDs of projects from one of the subproducts
• Use storytelling from EPs who were there.
• Offer contact on people who went with us to
these country/on this project

16. 5. Their questions:
• Give student space to ask questions
• It´s wierd if he/she doesn´t have any. (If
she/he was really thinking about going he/she
should have some)

17. 6. Checking
Expectations:
• Check if it´s what s/he expected.
• If yes – great move on
• If not – find out why? What's/he is imagining
differently

18. 7. Next steps:
• Explain what will happen after this interview:
how is the proces
• (Email -> Setting expectations + feedback>signing contract -> logging into database ->
finding internship -> preparation for internship
-> internship -> debriefing meeting/seminar or
ToT.)

19. 8. Follow up
• Repete on what you agreed – what will be the
next step and when it will be.
• Make sure that students agree with that (s/he
confirmed that)
• Ask for contacts of friends who might be
interested.
• Thanks for students answers and time

20. After Interview
• Make sure you have written all answers into
online form and also assign points.
• Agree with student on next meeting where
you will give feedback + set expectations and
sign contract