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Chapter 12 questions
CASE STUDY: Naomi’s Interview: Turning Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones
1. How could Naomi have been better prepared for her first interview?
2. Why do you think Naomi was finally offered a second interview?
3. What decisions did Naomi have to make as she changed her career path?
Progress check questions-Practicing Answers to General Interview Questions
1. After practicing answers to general interview questions, do you feel better prepared and more confident in answering these questions on an interview? Explain why or why not.
2. Are there any answers that you modified from your original thinking after your discussions with others?
Progress check questions-Handling Interview Questions
1. What five interview questions do you think will present the greatest challenge for you? Explain why.
2. What five interview questions do you think you will handle best? Explain why.
Progress check questions-Improving Interview Performance
1. What are two or three major accomplishments you can describe during an interview?
2. Give two examples of a time when you performed well under pressure.
Refer to the checklist found on pages 254-255 for a list things to consider after an interview.
1. Discuss the difference between aggressive and arrogant behavior on a job interview. When, if ever, each is appropriate?
2. Discuss why some employers prefer to use behavioral based interviews and how a candidate should prepare for a behavioral based interview.
3. Do you think a candidate should apply again to a company if they are not offered a job the first time they apply? Explain why or why not.
4. What two questions seem to be the most important to consider and before accepting a job offer? Explain why.
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CASE STUDY: Naomi’s Interview: Turning Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones
Naomi needed to spend some time researching about the company through their website
to be in a better position to answer all the questions pertaining to the company she was
interviewing with. She also did not go through the job description, and it was necessary for her to
read the job description line by line to understand the responsibilities and qualifications required.
She should have written the interview questions beforehand and practiced them before the
interview as well as coming up with her own questions to ask at the end of the interview. Being
nervous is a common feeling that anyone who has gone through the interview process can relate
to but practicing in advance can help cool the nervousness.
In most cases being invited for a second interview means that the employer is considering
you for the position and Naomi being invited for another interview only meant that she had the
potential of getting the job in terms of her qualification and experience. Going through the
interview process can seem difficult, and every candidate can attest to this like in the case of
Naomi because of being nervous, but the employer can figure this out and schedule for the
second interview to make the candidate feel more relaxed (Donna J Yena, 2014).
Naomi brainstormed to come up with the best option before she changed careers by
asking herself a lot of questions; for instance, what is the best that could happen is she took up
the post. There was also a consideration on how the career will fulfill her as a person; for
example, she would meet new people and also work from home meaning that it was the right
decision...
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