This document outlines tips and guidance for successful performance at job interviews. It discusses preparing for an interview by researching the company and role, developing an elevator pitch, and practicing answers to common questions. During the interview, it emphasizes arriving on time, dressing appropriately, maintaining eye contact, listening, and asking questions. It also warns against behaviors that could sabotage an interview like being unprepared or lying. The document provides guidance on next steps whether the interview results in a job offer or rejection.

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Successful performance at the job interview
CA and AU Career
29/10 2014

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Welcome and presentation
About me…

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Agenda for today
•The recruitment process and clarification
•The personal presentation
•Types of tests
•The interview
–Before
–During
–After
•Questions

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Job
The process
Clarification/ career planning
CV and cover letter
Job interview

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Applying for the job
1. Interview
Testing
Controlling data
2. Interview
Selection
Contract
Rejection
Job
The recruitment process

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The elevator speech
Introduction:
”Tell me (a little bit) about yourself…”
Approximately 2 min.

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Preparation:
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What are your three key competencies? And why?
2
What are you enthusiastic about (professionally)?
3
What are your
strengths?
4
What are your weaknesses
5
What personal information is relevant for the company?
The elevator speech

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The elevator speech - an exercise
Present your personal elevator
speech for the person next to you.
How much can you tell about
yourself in only 2 min. Use your
time well!

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Using tests – how and why?
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A structured way to gather knowledge about the behavior and motivations of the candidates
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To see if there is a match between the job profile and your personal profile
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A conversation tool
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Is typically included as part of the second interview

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Types of tests
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Personality tests: personal preferences
•IQ tests: logical sense
•Numerical reasoning tests: mathematical skills
•Cases/ assesment center: Roleplaying, presentation exercises, problem solving etc.

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Source: CA a-kasse

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Clarifying preferences
Ekstravert
Intravert
Talk Unbiased, involved, focused outward, width, colorful, action-oriented, communicative
Quiet, observant, focused inward, deep, intimate, reserved, reflective, thoughtful, careful

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Clarifying preferences
Thinking
Feeling
Formal, neutral, analytical, impartial, objective, character strong, competitive, correctly, focus on tasks and systems
Informal, personal, considerate, subjective, caring, welcoming, focus on relations and morality

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How to act when you’re…
Taking a Personality Test
•Answer every questions spontaneously and honest – cheating will reveal itself during the interview…
•Consider the test as a valuable tool to clarify yours as well as the company’s expectations for the job
•This is not an exam!

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The job interview

Before
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During
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After

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Preparation for the job interview
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What do you know about the job interview
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Research is important!
•Choose a strategy – what kind of impression would you like to leave?
•Three stages in the interview: - Presentation
- Their questions
- Your questions

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Preparation for the job interview
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Practice answering the questions from the company/organization
– in particular, the questions you don’t want to be asked!
•But which ones? And how?

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SITUATION questions– ”Telling about a situation, where you disagreed with a colleque/friend
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TASK questions – what actual task were you working on/challenges you were facing?
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ACTION questions (behaviour) – ”What did you say? How did you react?
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Result Questions – ”how did he/she react? What was the result?
Situation
Task
Action (behaviour)
Result
Types of questions

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Questions from the company
Education
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Why did you choose the education that you did?
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What kind of business insights have you developed by your education?
Working experience
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What relevant work you can pull out from your last job?
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How would you describe the boss in your last job? (Always use positive terms)
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What successes did you experience in the job?
Your working methods
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What’s good planning for you?
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Tell us about a situation where you were too fast or too slow in making a decision – and what was the consequence?

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The job & the company
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Describe what your ”Dream-Job” looks like in our company??
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What makes a boss good/bad – in your eyes?
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What should the working environment be like – if you should decide?
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What does it take for you to stay in the job for more than a year?
Personality
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Which of your personality traits do you like the most?
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Which 3 personal qualities would you highlight in regard to the job – and why these?
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What goals would you set for yourself in this job?
Questions from the company

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Your questions back to the company
The company
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How’s the economic situation of this company?
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What’s the reason I was invited (selected) for this interview?
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What’s the major challenges for the company right now?
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What’s the companies values?
The job
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How do I know that I will be a success in the job?
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What are you like as my future boss?
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Why did my predecessor leave the job?
Development in the job
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What can you tell me about my career opportunities?
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How do you expect the job develop within the next 2-3 years?

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The 10 killer questions
1)
Tell me about yourself
2)
Why do you want to work for us?
3)
What are your strengths?
4)
What are your weaknesses?
5)
How would you describe your behaviour, when you collaborate with others?
6)
How do you prioritise your tasks? What is most important?
7)
What are your goals in the longer term?
8)
Why should we hire you?
9)
What should you be paid?
10)
What can you do for us, that others can’t do?

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Exercise : Facing ”Killer questions” at the job interview
The questions you want to avoid
Best posible answers

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The job interview
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Before
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During
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After

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At the interview
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You’ll be evaluated from the first moment
•It’s not an exam – more like a meeting between equalls
•Personalized Communication
First time impression counts - You’ll never get a second chance

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4 X 20 rule…
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First 20 seconds
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First 20 words
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First 20 steps
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Top 20 cm

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Verbal og nonverbal communication
Kilde: Undersøgelser (Albert Mehrabiem); USA
Words
Voice and intonation Body language
Face to face communication

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Reflection
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Consider the other person's body language
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Notice the speech - voice tone
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Listen
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Ask - and use open-ended questions

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7 ways to kill the interview
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Being late
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Not suitable dressed
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Avoid eye contact
•Bla bla bla…
•Brag
•Be unprepared
•Lie

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The job interview
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Before
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During
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After

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After - You get the job

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After – you don’t get the job

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