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Topic: Interviewing Skills

 Lesson: Preparing for an Interview (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.Checking a text message alert during an interview is acceptable.
2.Taking a friend or family member along during an interview is a good idea.
3.It isn’t your responsibility to take an extra résumé just because the interviewer doesn’t have the one you sent.
4.Learning as much as possible about a position before the interview is important.
5.Dressing well is not enough for an interview; you must also use good hygiene.
6.Practicing beforehand will improve your performance at an interview.
7.Staying up all night to practice your interview is a good idea.
8.Employers like well-dressed employees, so you should always wear the latest styles.
9.Looking at a video of your practice interview can improve your interviewing skills.
10.Driving to an interview site beforehand is a waste of time.
 Lesson: Giving Interviews a Good Start (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.You should always sit as soon as you enter the interviewing room so the interviewer will know to sit also.
2.You should always arrive early for an interview.
3.If you have learned the interviewer’s first name, be sure to use it when you meet him or her for the first time.
4.Handshaking is good when men meet men, but women should not shake hands, as this does not look feminine.
5.You should be prepared to talk about yourself at an interview.
6.If people walk through the lobby while you are waiting, you should ignore them as much as possible.
7.You should never ask details about a job because it is the interviewer’s job to tell you what you need to know.
8.Exhibiting enthusiasm during an interview is bad because you it shows the interviewer how much you want the job.
9.Your gestures and posture communicate a message to an interviewer.
10.You should look the interviewer in the eye when you are speaking.
 Lesson: Questions Interviewers Ask (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.Tell your interviewer what you don’t find interesting in your current job.
2.You will be able to connect the job to your background by using keywords from the job description.
3.Avoid making negative comments about former bosses.
4.During an interview, you should air all details if you left the last job for a negative reason.
5.It is acceptable to tell a prospective employer that you need a job.
6.You should always explain your weaknesses in detail.
7.Give a range of salary if the interviewer asks what you want to be paid.
8.Be very detailed when telling an interviewer about yourself.
9.Give plenty of specifics when the interviewer asks where you want to be in five years.
10.Name a large number of things when asked how you spend your time outside of work.
 Lesson: Questions Interviewers Shouldn't Ask (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.It is legal to ask when an applicant plans to start a family.
2.It is legal for an interviewer to ask for an applicant’s nationality.
3.A person who looks heavy may have a health problem; therefore, it is acceptable for the interviewer to ask a person’s weight.
4.Questions about marital status are illegal.
5.The interviewer legally may ask about religion, race, and membership in clubs or groups.
6."Have you ever been arrested?" is a legal question.
7.Questions about an applicant’s physical and mental health are illegal.
8.In election years, employers may ask who is the applicant’s favorite candidate.
9.An interviewer legally may not ask whether an applicant is married, unmarried, living with someone, or gay.
10.When an applicant appears too old to do the work, it is acceptable for an interviewer to ask the person’s age.
 Lesson: Questions to Ask in an Interview (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.Asking about a typical day on the job would be inappropriate.
2."What is the work schedule?" is one of the first questions that an applicant should ask.
3.Ask about on-the-job training and additional education benefits.
4.Learning from an interviewer the challenges of the job helps the applicant decide whether to take a position.
5.Learning whether a position is new gives an applicant an understanding of any potential job problems or why the previous employee left.
6.You should not ask about opportunities for advancement because this implies that you think you have the job.
7.Applicants should never ask what the job duties are because it is the employer’s responsibility to identify them.
8.Asking what the other team members are like is inappropriate.
9.Asking the status of the person who had the job previously is acceptable.
10.If an applicant asks what skills are needed by the person who will be hired, he or she will look foolish.
 Lesson: Things to Include in a Career Portfolio (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.Since your resume is submitted separately, it should not be included in your portfolio.
2.A brochure you created makes a good sample for a portfolio.
3.Letters of reference should describe your qualifications in the most general terms.
4.Photographs are effective ways to demonstrate your work.
5.You can burn a video onto a disc to include in your portfolio.
6.You should avoid including published articles about your work because that would look like bragging.
7.A top-notch performance review is appropriate for a portfolio.
8.It’s useful to include a special page in a portfolio to highlight your greatest successes.
9.PDF is a poor format for lengthy materials on a CD.
10.If your resume has your address and phone number, you don’t need to include a separate contact sheet.
 Lesson: Interviewing Mistakes (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.Speaking softly in an interview is better because you don’t want to sound like a know-it-all.
2.You can say too much in an answer.
3.The way you dress has very little to do with an interview.
4.Answers should be longer than just a "yes" or "no."
5.An application and résumé by themselves cannot get you a job.
6.It is okay to say something negative about a former employer as long as it’s the truth.
7.If an interviewer brings up a controversial subject, it is all right to give an opinion.
8.You should let the interviewer bring up the subject of salary.
9.Letting an interviewer know you need a job is not a good idea.
10.Pretending you know an answer is better than looking like you don’t know an answer.
 Lesson: Benefits to Ask About (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.Life insurance is important to people who are left when an employee dies.
2.With a profit sharing plan, employees share in the profits of the company.
3.All companies give compensatory time to employees who work more than the designated number of hours per week.
4.Flexible Spending Accounts are for the purpose of saving money to pay medical bills and childcare expenses before taxes are deducted.
5.Relocation expenses are the cost of moving to take a job.
6.Company training prepares an employee for the current job and can also build skills for future jobs.
7.Tuition reimbursement means that a company pays the employee back for education received before taking the job.
8.A 401K is a retirement benefit.
9.Paid Time Off refers to all the days that an employee can take off during a year.
10.Health plans are only important if you have a health problem.
 Lesson: Traits Employers Call Important (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.Employers seek job candidates with negative attitudes so they can stand up for themselves.
2.To evaluate your ability to do the work, employers will consider your technical skills and training.
3.Initiative means doing a job quickly after you’ve been told to do it.
4.In today’s workplace, you may have to learn new skills just to keep the same job.
5.Staying relaxed can help you project self-confidence.
6.Leadership is important at all levels of an organization.
7.Social skills include knowing how to greet other people.
8.Team skills are important in sports, but not in business.
9.An organization’s culture consists of all the work rules that are written down.
10.To judge your communication skills, an interviewer will ignore your résumé and focus only on how you speak during the interview.
 Lesson: Considerations before Taking a Job (Optional)Pre-TestPost-Test
1.All companies are about the same, so the environment of the company does not matter.
2.It isn’t necessary to care about the company’s purpose as long as you like the work.
3.To know whether a job offer is fair, compare it to what others in the same job earn in your town.
4.Any job you take should advance you on your career path.
5.You should not take a job unless you are committed to it.
6.All jobs have some type of stress.
7.There is not much you can do about a boss, so learning about the boss in advance is wasted time.
8.Commute time should be a consideration in whether to take a job.
9.The attitudes of coworkers influence your job.
10.Job benefits are important only to older workers.
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