Ace your Job Interview - How to React to Common Questions

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Ace your Job Interview - How to React to Common Questions

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Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to confidently answer common job interview questions.

This slide will introduce the learning objective of the lesson.

What do you already know about
job interview questions?

Common Interview Questions

The interviewer may ask about your strengths, weaknesses, and experience. Be prepared to provide examples!

The goal of this slide is to discuss common interview questions.

STAR Method

Use the STAR method to structure your answers. Situation, Task, Action, Result.

This slide teaches the STAR method for answering interview questions.

S.T.A.R. - Situation, Task, Action and Result.  What does each word mean?

SITUATION

ACTION

RESULT

TASK

SET THE SCENE

DESCRIBE THE SITUATION

EXPLAIN WHAT YOU DID

SHARE THE OUTCOME

S.T.A.R. This photo

S.T.A.R. the picture. Use your imagination
Situation
Task
Action
Result

Strengths

Think about your strengths and provide specific examples of when you demonstrated them.

This slide focuses on answering questions about strengths.

What are STRENGTHS?

What are MY strengths?

Weaknesses

Be honest about your weaknesses, and explain how you are working to improve them.

This slide focuses on answering questions about weaknesses.

What are WEAKNESSES?

What are MY weaknesses?

Experience

Provide specific examples of situations where you demonstrated your skills and experience.

This slide focuses on answering questions about experience.

Tell us about a REAL POSITIVE work related experience you have had.
What was the outcome? How did you feel?

Tell us about a REAL NEGATIVE work related experience you have had.
What was the outcome? How did you feel?

Research the Company

Research the company and be prepared to explain why you are interested in working there.

This slide teaches the importance of researching the company before the interview.

What do you know about the business related to this topic?

Questions for the Interviewer

Prepare questions to ask the interviewer that demonstrate your interest in the company and the position.

This slide discusses the importance of asking questions during the interview.

Choose the best word (??????)
How would you describe an ideal ?????? for this role?

1. Worker
2. People
3. Candidate
4. Kandidaat

Choose the best word (??????)
What do you ?????? most about your job?

1. Luv
2. Like
3. Think
4. Hate

Choose the best word (??????)
Are there any ?????? that come with this role that I should be aware of?

1. Secrets
2. Challingers
3. Cupcakes
4. Challenges

Choose the best word (??????)
When can I ?????? to hear back from you?

1. Expect
2. Expict
3. Want
4. Have

Dress Code

Dress appropriately for the interview. Business casual attire is usually a safe bet.

This slide discusses the appropriate dress code for a job interview.

Good Interview look?

Was the previous image a good look for an interview?

YES

NO

What do you think
this look says to
an interviewer?

Good Interview look?

Was the previous image a good look for an interview?

Yes

No

What do you think
this look says to
an interviewer?

Body Language

Maintain eye contact, sit up straight, and be aware of your body language during the interview.

This slide discusses the importance of body language during a job interview.

On average, what percentage of candidates fail to make eye contact?

1. 60%
2. 5%
3. 25%
4. 90%

Eye Contact

Making eye contact helps both people focus on the conversation and read facial expressions. This can improve understanding. And improving understanding can significantly improve communication between two people.

On average, what percentage of people forget to occasionally smile during an interview?

1. 10%
2. 70%
3. 4%
4. 40%

Smiling

Smiling not only offers a mood boost but helps our bodies release cortisol and endorphins that provide numerous health benefits, including: Reduced blood pressure. Increased endurance. Reduced pain.

On average, what percentage of people play with something on the table?

1. 36%
2. 63%
3. 50%
4. 6%

On average, what is the percentage of people that fidget (friemelen) during and interview?

1. 11%
2. 25%
3. 3%
4. 31%

Playing with something on the table and fidgeting

Avoid playing with items on the table or with your hands and feet. The interviewer could misinterpret fidgeting as a sign of boredom, and they might think you're not interested in the conversation. Instead, keep your hands and legs still and avoid unnecessarily touching things on the desk or table.

Practice

Practice answering common interview questions with a friend or family member to boost your confidence.

This slide teaches the importance of practicing for a job interview.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.