Chapter $14,$ Interviewing for a Job and Preparing Employment Messages, Student Handout

ACTIVITY $14\mathrm{.}1$: CONDUCTING A SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW

PRESENTING YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Identify the following interview questions or topics as standard, behavioral, or illegal$/$discriminatory$.$

a$.$

Explain how your internship might have prepared you for work

with our company!

b$.$ Tell me what inspired you to apply for this position.

c$.$ Do you have any physical limitations that may prevent you from performing the jod auues ieyuired for this position?

d$.$ Have you worked as a sales consultant before?

e$.$ Are there any extra$-$curricular activities you participate in that have prepareu yuu ivi uno jun.

f$.$ Do you belong to any professional associations?

$!$ Your name is very unique. Were you raised in the United States:

$h$ Tell me how your education prepared you for this job?

i$.$ Do you have family in the area?

j $$ Provide an example of how you handled a customer complaint in your last jod?

k$.$ What is one skill or quality you have that coincides with the responsibillties requireu w$$un$!\text{'}$ uns position?

I. $$ Do you have or plan to have children?