Interviewing skills

Interviewing skillsBy: Sherif shawki

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Topic Code: SFK-05-2012

Instructed on: 24-Feb-2012 | Session: #06

Interviewing skills

By:Sherif Shawki Iman Adel

Agenda• What is an interview• Types• Myths• Before• During• After• Summary

It is a formal meeting , arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an

applicant.

What is an interview ?

Types

One-to-one

One-to-many

Phone

Many-to-one

• If you answer better than the others, you’ll get the job.

• The more you say, the better you’ll do.• Never say ‘I don’t know’.• Good-looking people get the job.• Be yourself.• Interviewers are looking for flaws.

Before

Connect the website

Have extra copies of yourresume.

Look closely at any information they have sent you

Rehearse!!

Ladies

DuringOn the day itself

Breath

Drink water

Arrive early

DuringIn the interview

Smile

Make eye contact

Shake hands

Body language

Positive Body Language

Eye contact Leaning forward Cross-ankles

Negative body language

• Arrive early but enter the room on time.• Be confident.• Be calm and ready.• Try to break the ice.• Be comfortable.• Be positive.• Listen carefully to the questions.• Take time to think before answer.• Clarify your answers.• Ask for clarification.

• Crushing handshake• Your hands are wet and sticky.• Start with a silly joke.• Get tense.• Mobile phone on• Chew gum.• Lie!• Complain about your past organization

or employees.• Use slag words.

Good Interviewers

• Interested in whether you will be competent in the job.

• Aren’t influenced by their personal preferences

• Take notes• Will use ratings scales to score

you.• Base their questions on the job

requirements.• Try to put you at your ease.• Want to see the best of you.

Bad Interviewers• Rely on their feelings when making a decision.• Are unaware of their prejudices.• Act as amateur psychologists.• May play on your nervousness.• Want to catch you out.

Common questions

PitfallsFeeling uncomfortable about

blowing your own trumpet and giving a half-hearted answer.

Giving a lot of opinions about yourself without any supporting evidence.

1-‘What would you say your strengths are?’

Pitfalls:

Claiming you don’t have any weaknesses.

Talking about a weakness that will worry them.

2-‘What weaknesses do you have?’

Pitfalls

Answering with a list of platitudes.

3-‘How would you deal with a difficult colleague?’

Pitfalls:

Avoid giving a response which, is not going to

endear you to the interview panel.

4-‘Why do you want this job?’

After

Thank the interviewer

Go out and do something you love