Personal Job Interview

Write a report by sharing the experience of personal job interview in a recruitment and selection process. If you do not have one, than discuss and write about the experience of someone close to you. What are the individual, personality traits UAE employers prefer from their employees?

Then you may compare and fill in the Observers Feedback Form:

RATING

1 = Low

5 = High

Introduction

1. Did interviewer:

_______use a friendly greeting?

_______begin to build rapport?

_______state purpose?

_______orient interviewee?

_______refer to taking notes or recording interview?

Body

2. Did interviewer

_______ use appropriate question sequence?

_______ use a variety of question types?

_______ use internal summaries and transitions?

_______ respond to interviewee with good secondary questions (probes)?

_______ use silence when appropriate?

_______ maintain rapport with interviewee?

_______ handle problematic interviewee well?

Closing

3. Did interviewer

_______ sum up?

_______ maintain/encourage good interpersonal relationship?

_______ indicate what would happen with information?

_______ set up another meeting, if appropriate? _______ thank interviewee? Non-verbals

4. Did interviewer

_______ wear appropriate clothing?

_______ maintain eye contact with interviewee?

_______ use purposeful gestures?

_______ use appropriate tone of voice?

_______ maintain good posture?

_______ look enthusiastic and interested in what interviewee had to say?

_______ take notes inconspicuously?

_______ avoid verbal pauses such as uh, hum, and so forth?