career
pre-interview preparation
- -organization
structure,culture,values,recent projects/awards
-job
purpose, criteria, daily duties, terminology
-research
web:factiva(databases)
linked in- how to prepare
-know your strengths and application
1 why choose
2 resume
3 strength
4 any areas of possible concerns
-where
one to one, panel, group
who interview you(name/role)
face to face, telephone, online
-practice
prepare questions for the interview
--role, responsibilities, challenge, training
-manage your nerves
keep balance
-first impression
eye contact, smile, tone of voice, dress...
interview itself
- standard questions(open-ended)
-- tell me a little about yourself
-- what attracted you to apply to our organization
everyone says the same thing: how wonderful the company is -----too many times is boring!
-- strengths
address essential criteria
focus your achievements
ask if you should expand on any points made
-- weakness
you know the role and say the weakness not so related to this role
or talk about how you are trying to improve yourself- behavioral question
--competency-based questions
1 Questions for you to describe previous experience
2 Describe a complex problem you have solved recently
3 Have you ever been in any situations where you were required to perform as part of a team? What was the situation, what part did you play and what was the outcome?
---choose relevant, recent and special examples
star
s - strength
t - one time...(Team work)
a - no need to be perfect(what you have done)
r - result
---you can call to get more information that you need- situational questions
1 how would you handle a difficult customer if your boss away
2 here is a problem we faced recently... How would you have dealt with this
---take time to think
---show logical thinking and problem solving
---demonstrate an ability to consider all aspects of the situation
---make assumption
---address what you would do and whywhat do you see yourself doing five years from now?
what position you want to get
what skills you want to provelabel: UNSW career webpage would be helpful
post interview activity
English speaking
prepare for the conversation
confident
- constructive thinking
-- review and analyze what happened
-- what went well/not so well and why
-- use the future reference- follow-up action
-- quick call/email to the interviewer
-- express your appreciation for their time
-- reinforce your interest and enthusiasm in the role in as few words as possible
in an appropriate time- asking for feedback
unsw.to/expo
wk4 Thu 27.JUN!
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