INTERVIEW ACADEMY
JOB
TYPES OF INTERVIEW
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
INTERNSHIP
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM PLACEMENT
INTERVIEWS START WITH YOU
Experience
Activities
Skills
Interests
Goals
ACTIVITIES RESUME
Students should have brought a resume
or activities list to review. If they did not, please give the resume handout and give them 10 minutes to fill in the form with activities that might be interesting to a College, Scholarship or Company. Then give each student a few minutes to share 3 things about themselves.
INTERVIEW FORMAT
PHONE
IN-PERSON
VIRTUAL (ZOOM/GOTO MEETING)
PREPARE FOR SUCCESS
INTERNET CONNECTION
HAIR/MAKEUP
DRESS CODE
DRESS TO IMPRESS
LIGHTING
TOP TIPS Be Prepared (Research) Prepare Talking Points Prepare Questions
Practice
Organization Program Resume Cheat Sheet About the Opportunity
Interviewer Experience Friend/Parents
Crosby Panel
TIPS
1 Be YOURSELF
2 Make Eye Contact
3 Thank Interviewer for time and opportunity
4 Try to make a personal connection
5 Be Brief but Complete!
TOP QUESTIONS ASKED Tell me about yourself?
What is your greatest Strength?
Greatest weakness or Describe a time you failed?
Why should we pick you?
Which Characteristic in the description do you align with?
What are your goals? How do you define success?
What has been your proudest achievement? What mark have you made on the world?
What do you do in your free time?
What lessons have you learned from 2020? How will you look back on this past year?
Who is the most influential person in your life? Why?
Is there anything you would like us to know that we have not asked?
What questions do you have for us?
PRACTICE INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW EXERCISE- PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 2 SCENARIOS RESEARCH AND PREPARE TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.
Example 1 - College Scholarship - Moorhead Cain, Park or Levine - Find 4 things that might be important to know about the scholarship before interviewing.
Example 2 - Go to Indeed.com and find your dream job - Now come back and tell the class 4 things that they are looking for in a strong candidate.
TURN THE TABLES YOU ARE THE BOSS
You oversee a new business and need to hire staff to help you. What are you looking for in an employee? Why? How do you think you will find this out from interviews?