Getting a job
A marketing document that demonstrates
the ways in which your skills, experience and
strengths (your story) connect with the needs
of the employer and job description (their
story) in a brief, action-oriented format
What is a resume?
What type of employment interview question is this: “Why would you like to work for us?”
What is a traditional question?
This is the act of researching social network sites to learn about an individual’s online presence and reputation.
What is cyber-vetting?
How many parties play an active role in persuasive interviews?
What is 2?
Get in trouble with this entity, which is concerned with the legality of interview questions
What is the equal employment opportunity commission?
Quick synopsis of your educational background + your experience + your goals.
What is an Elevator Pitch?
These employment interview questions
concern a previous experience in which you
handled a situation related to the position
What is a Behavior-Based Question?
Term for when interviewers or (Billie Eilish) like applicants who are similar to them
What is birds of a feather syndrome?
Type of persuasion strategy that diagnoses then prescribes
What is SPIN selling?
This greeting should not be used in a cover letter.
What is To Whom it May Concern?
___ tests measure ability to think critically and solve problems, while ___ tests measure behavioral traits
What are aptitude tests and personality tests?
This category of questions help the employer discern how the applicant would perform on the job.
What is a non-traditional question?
This question pitfall is particularly relevant to a selection interview
What is an evaluative response?
Relatively enduring combinations of beliefs that predispose people to respond in particular ways to persons, organizations, places, ideas, and issues.
What are attitudes?
Put your strongest point [first, in the middle, or last] during a persuasive interview because of the laws of ____ and ____.
Middle, primacy & recency
résumé format that focuses attention on relevant skills to match an ideal applicant profile
What is a functional format?
These questions relate to some skill or characteristic the employer wants to assess (such as problem-solving, conflict management, flexibility, teamwork).
What is a Hypothetical Situation Question?
Three nontraditional interviewing approachs
What are panel format, chain format, and seminar format?
Political, economic, social, historical, and
religious beliefs emanate from ______
What are values?
Ask an interview question that fails this test, making it illegal
What is the test of job relatedness?
The first step in choosing a
career, position, and organization for
your professional career.
What is self-analysis?
What type of employment interview
question is this AND give a response: "Last year, one of our social media managers forgot to sign out of our corporate Twitter account before going on to reply to someone's political tweet. That reply was retweeted and ignited fast backlash. How would you go about repairing our image on Twitter?
What is critical incident question & response?
The strongest predictor of an applicant's attraction to the organization
What is attraction to the interviewer?
What SPIN (in SPIN selling) stands for AND give a short SPIN sell of a glass of water
What is situation, problem, implication, need-payoff & SPIN sell water?
Not have a healthy degree of ___, which ethical persuadees will maintain this because it will help them be wary of assertions and claims that offer quick fixes and deals too good to be true.
What is skepticism?