2. Prepare for and
succeed in an
interview
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3. Communication is Inescapable:
Even silence or absence is a message.
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4. Communication is Irreversible:
You can’t really
take back
something once
it has been said.
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5. Communication is Complicated:
– communication does not happen in isolation.
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6. You got the call
Now what?
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7. Accept the first date and time offered to you
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8. Check your documents
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9. Prepare
• research the company
• prepare a few questions
• rehearse replying to
standard questions
10. Typical interview questions
Tell me about yourself:
• Highlight:
– Skills
– Experience
– Abilities
• Related to the position
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11. Typical interview questions
Why do you want to work here?
• Explain your interest and
motivation for wanting to
work with this employer
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12. Typical interview questions
Where do you see yourself in
5 years?
• Tests ambition
• Align your goals to the
position and the company
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13. Typical interview questions
Why should we hire you?
• Tie to key performance areas
• Sell your talents
• Meet the employer’s
requirements
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14. Typical interview questions
What are your strengths?
• Communicate any special
‘abilities’
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15. Typical interview questions
What are your weaknesses?
• Know your weakness
• How to correct weakness
• Turn your weakness into a
strength
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16. Helpful pointers
• Get to the right place at least 30 min early
• You are being watched
• Dress appropriately
• Switch your phone off
• No chewing gum or nail biting or knuckle
cracking
• Greet people by name
• Shake hands
• Sit when asked to
• Accept water
• Manage your body and voice
• Smile
• Make appropriate eye contact
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19. First impressions
It takes 3 - 30 seconds
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20. First impressions
At least half will not
change
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21. First impressions
Only a third are may change their opinion after
interacting with you
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22. First impressions
Less than 30% of the first impression is to do
with WHAT you say
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23. Managing your first impression
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34. First impressions & body language
How you handle your body marks you as confident,
shy or arrogant
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37. Body language during the interview...
• Give the appearance
of energy as you
walk
• Smile
• Shake hands firmly
• Wait until you are
offered a chair
before sitting
• Sit upright and look
alert and interested
• Look the interviewer
in the eye
• Be careful for folding
hands and arms and
crossing your legs
• Do not fiddle!
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38. First impressions & dressing the part
Dress to match the context: this will determine
how much you are perceived to “fit”
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43. Midriff and back covered
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44. All undergarments should be hidden
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45. Conceal all cleavage
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46. When an interview
goes bad!
What goes wrong?
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47. What is PERCEPTION?
What influences perception?
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50. What goes wrong?
Sending mixed messages
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We know that we are capable to
do the job.
51. What goes wrong?
Not enough attention to what the person you are
communicating with wants or expects
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52. What goes wrong?
Prejudice and stereotype (accent, gender, etc.)
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53. What goes wrong?
Power relationships
Who has the power?
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54. What goes wrong?
Different CULTURAL ways of doing things:
• Greeting peers or older people?
– First names
– Titles
– Generic name like “aunty”?)
• Who greets first?
• Do you sit down?
• Do you knock?
• When do you enter?
• Saying thank you?
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55. What goes wrong?
Preconceived assumptions
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56. How to fix it
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57. Fixing it
Make a “play” for the
job– dress to it, use
appropriate language,
manage your body
58. Fixing it
Carefully monitor reactions and adapt to these
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59. Fixing it
Ask questions to clarify your
understanding and theirs
61. During the interview
Some guidelines
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62. During the interview
Don’t lie, your answers should be
truthful, sincere to the point
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63. During the interview
Don’t answer with a simple “yes” or “no”
Explain using examples
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64. During the interview
Don’t lose your temper, control
your emotions
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65. During the interview
Speak as clearly as possible
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66. During the interview
Never bad mouth or complain
about a previous employer
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67. During the interview
Do not assume that the interviewers read
your CV in detail, tell them about yourself
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68. During the interview
Avoid sensitive issues such as topics related
to politics and religion unless directly
linked to the job
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69. During the interview
Sound enthusiastic about the position and
the company
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70. During the interview
Have a few questions about the job or
company ready
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71. During the interview
Let the interviewer raise the issue of salary
and benefits
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72. During the interview
Thank the interviewer/s for the opportunity
and ask when you can expect to hear from
them
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73. If you get the job...
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74. If you get the job...
• Reply in writing
whether or not
you accept
• Be polite if you
turn it down
• Possibly Negotiate
salary
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75. If you don’t get the job...
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76. If you don’t get the job...
• Be polite and gracious
• Learn what you can from the
experience
• Try to find out (or work out) why you
did not succeed and then do
something to address the issues
• Ask the company!
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