Creating your look for the interview!

Interview is a key to our future! One of the most important thing that we have to do before we go to an interview is to dress the part! What you wear is very important because it creates a first impression. Creating a first impression it's up to you, whether you create a good or bad impression. Your general appearance communicates a lot in the interview. Wearing in an appropriate way is a good start to make a good impression. This non-verbal communication helps you to built a successful first impressions. Your clothing should be professional looking. Also, it is important to understand what the corporate culture is like at the company you'll be visiting and after that you can decide what you will wear in the day of the interview.

In the class we talked about how men and women should be dressed for the interview. I found something on the internet to help you learn more about whhat's the appropriate dress code for an interview.

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewattire/a/interviewdress.htm

Types of interview questions!

Questioning is a communication tactic that is used to fulfill the interview goal. Interviews are not just a spontaneous conversation between the interviewer and the interviewee. These questions can be placed into five categories:

- Behavior
- Attitude/Opinion
- Credential
- Knowledge/Experience
- Imaginative

Behavior questions ask the interviewee to describe how she/he reacts in different situations and to find out how the interviewee will face different challenges in the future and how did she/he come up with problems at work in the past.

Attitude/Opinion questions ask the interviewee to express his/her feelings about certain topics to see if the interviewee is in the same level as the organization.

Credential questions are used to gain information from the interviewee about his/her previous experience or education. This helps the interviewer to compare all the applicants.

Knowledge/Experience questions are used in those situations when the interviewer wants to know about previous experiences.

Imaginative questions are used to see if the interviewee is able to think quickly and to provide creative responses.

Interview!

Interviews are very important and I am sure now everybody knows the importance of it. An interview is a conversation between the interviewer and the interviewee where questions are asked to obtain information from the interviewee. Interviews can take on many forms but no matter what all interviews share these elements:

Interaction is the sharing of ideas, messages, information or feelings between the parties in the interview

Purpose is the main reason for conducting an interview

Exchange is the continual shift in communication and control that happens during an interview situation.


Interviews have three stages:

1. Introduction stage is the most important part in the interview because it sets the tone of the interview. This means how you establish your report with the interviewee in the very first beginning, because this creates the first impression.

2. Body stage usually covers 60% of the interview. Here the participants share their personal goals, opinions and beliefs.

3. Closing stage it is important too. On the closing stage the interviewee summarize all the main points of the interview and say their last thought. This stage decide if the participants will get the second interview or not, so it is very important to built a good relationship with the interviewer.


Three types of interviewing are:

- Selection interviews are the post popular one. This means a situation in which a personnel selector, try to observe the interviewee in order to assess the candidate's suitability for a post. The objective of the selection interview is to predict the candidate's behaviour in a particular job situation.

- Information gathering interviews focus on generating information from the participants. These interviews do not need to much preparation. Examples of it are interviews in a talk show, political shows etc. Information gathering interviews are very practical because it can offer information that is more up-to-date.

- Persuasion interviews are used to change the minds of individuals. The persuasion interviews asks the person to make a decision based on the facts, after they collect all the information. A persuasive interview can be a conversation at the mall, home and other casual situations.

Cover Letter

Dear all,


When I heard that we're going to learn about cover letter I felt very satisfied. I heard about it before but I didn't know what exactly contains. I think it is very important to learn such things, because we won't be students forever and in the future cover letter can help us a lot, when we will apply for a job. I really liked all the examples we did in the classroom because it helped us to understand it very clearly. I also searched in the internet for some other samples to refresh your mind once more.

Here you can find 5 tips for writing an effective cover letter.

http://privateschool.about.com/cs/employment/a/coverletters.htm


Yours,
Edona