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Job Interviews. BTA 2010. Job Interview. A personal meeting with a prospective employer to assess the qualifications of an applicant for employment for a job. There are a variety of types of job interviews that employers may conduct, including: Behavioral interviews Exit interviews
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Job Interviews BTA 2010
Job Interview • A personal meeting with a prospective employer to assess the qualifications of an applicant for employment for a job. • There are a variety of types of job interviews that employers may conduct, including: • Behavioral interviews • Exit interviews • Lunch or dinner interviews • Group interviews
Behavioral Interview • Interviewing based on discovering how the interviewee acted in specific employment related situations. • The logic is that how you behaved in the past will predict how you will behave in the future i.e. past performance predicts future performance.
Exit Interview • A meeting between an employee who has resigned or been terminated and the company’s human resources department. • The reason companies conduct exit interviews is to get feedback about the job the employee held, the work environment, and the organization.
Lunch and Dinner Interviews • Employers take job candidates out to lunch or dinner to evaluate their social skills and to see if they can handle themselves gracefully under pressure. • If you were at a dinner interview and you ordered a steak well-done and it was brought out to you rare, what would you do?
Lunch and Dinner Interviews, cont. • http://ownthedollar.com/2009/05/top-ten-etiquette-tips-business-dinner-interview/ • REVIEW: • Wait for everyone to be served and for the host to begin before eating • Fork and knife • Soup • Butter knife • Salt and pepper • Napkin • Others?
Group Interviews • Two types: • Job applicant interviewed by multiple interviewers • Typically a human resources representative, the manager, and possibly co-workers from the department where the applicant would be working if hired. • A group of applicants for the same position are interviewed together by the hiring manager. • Also known as panel interview.
Interview Tips • http://education-portal.com/video_library/Job_Interviewing_Videos.html • http://education-portal.com/videos/Tips_for_Making_the_Best_Impression_at_a_Job_Interview_Video.html