Job Interview

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Prepping for the interview

Your application was so good that you've been invited for an interview.

Now you need to prepare. 

What is needed for a good job interview?

What not to do

You're going to watch a short clip from the film The Devil Wears Prada.

The main character has applied for the position of assistant for the editor of the magazine: Runway. This is a fashion magazine. 

What could she do better?

Tick the correct boxes for Ms. Sachs, the applicant we've just seen. 

Tekst

Ms. Sachs

And how about this one?

We'll look at another interview.

What goes well here?

Do you think he'll get the job?

Do you think he'll get the job?

No, he did terrible.

No, he could have done better.

I don't know.

Yes, he did fine.

Yes, he did an amazing job!

He aced the interview

Tick the correct boxes for Mr. Wang, the applicant we've just seen. 

Ms. Sachs

Mr. Wang

Have a look at the green box on the next slide

Out of which categories did the interviewer 

ask questions to Mr. Wang?

Are there questions you don't understand?

5 interview tips

1. Research company and position
2. Prepare your answers to the most common interview questions
3. Prepare a few "success stories" that you can reference
4. Prepare questions to ask the interviewer
5. Tailor your entire interview to the company/organization

Review

Homework

You're going to prepare for your job interview:

• You can choose 2 questions which you really want the HR manager to ask you during the interview. Make sure to choose them out of two different categories (e.g. skills/qualities and history)
• The HR manager will ask you two more questions out of the other categories.

                              

Tips

• Read your advert, your covering email and CV over again so that you know what to prepare for.
• If you don't know how to answer a question, have a look at 'the interview guys' on                , they might be able to help you.