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Interviewing skillsBy: Sherif shawki
All Copy Rights Saved to the 7th Students’ Conference on Communication and Information Based in the Faculty of Computers and Information Cairo University – Egypt 2011/2012 www.scci-cu.com
Topic Code: SFK-05-2012
Instructed on: 24-Feb-2012 | Session: #06
Interviewing skills
By:Sherif Shawki Iman Adel
Agenda• What is an interview• Types• Myths• Before• During• After• Summary
It is a formal meeting , arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an
applicant.
What is an interview ?
Types
One-to-one
One-to-many
Phone
Many-to-one
• If you answer better than the others, you’ll get the job.
• The more you say, the better you’ll do.• Never say ‘I don’t know’.• Good-looking people get the job.• Be yourself.• Interviewers are looking for flaws.
Before
Connect the website
Have extra copies of yourresume.
Look closely at any information they have sent you
Rehearse!!
Ladies
DuringOn the day itself
Breath
Drink water
Arrive early
DuringIn the interview
Smile
Make eye contact
Shake hands
Body language
Positive Body Language
Eye contact Leaning forward Cross-ankles
Negative body language
• Arrive early but enter the room on time.• Be confident.• Be calm and ready.• Try to break the ice.• Be comfortable.• Be positive.• Listen carefully to the questions.• Take time to think before answer.• Clarify your answers.• Ask for clarification.
• Crushing handshake• Your hands are wet and sticky.• Start with a silly joke.• Get tense.• Mobile phone on• Chew gum.• Lie!• Complain about your past organization
or employees.• Use slag words.
Good Interviewers
• Interested in whether you will be competent in the job.
• Aren’t influenced by their personal preferences
• Take notes• Will use ratings scales to score
you.• Base their questions on the job
requirements.• Try to put you at your ease.• Want to see the best of you.
Bad Interviewers• Rely on their feelings when making a decision.• Are unaware of their prejudices.• Act as amateur psychologists.• May play on your nervousness.• Want to catch you out.
Common questions
PitfallsFeeling uncomfortable about
blowing your own trumpet and giving a half-hearted answer.
Giving a lot of opinions about yourself without any supporting evidence.
1-‘What would you say your strengths are?’
Pitfalls:
Claiming you don’t have any weaknesses.
Talking about a weakness that will worry them.
2-‘What weaknesses do you have?’
Pitfalls
Answering with a list of platitudes.
3-‘How would you deal with a difficult colleague?’
Pitfalls:
Avoid giving a response which, is not going to
endear you to the interview panel.
4-‘Why do you want this job?’
After
Thank the interviewer
Go out and do something you love