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Employment Questions
Recruiting
Persuasion 101
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100

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?

100

What type of employment interview question is this: “Why would you like to work for us?”

What is a traditional question?

100

This is the act of researching social network sites to learn about an individual’s online presence and reputation.

What is cyber-vetting?

100

How many parties play an active role in persuasive interviews?

What is 2?

100

Get in trouble with this entity, which is concerned with the legality of interview questions

What is the equal employment opportunity commission?

200

Quick synopsis of your educational background + your experience + your goals. 

What is an Elevator Pitch?

200

These employment interview questions
concern a previous experience in which you
handled a situation related to the position

What is a Behavior-Based Question?

200

Term for when interviewers or (Billie Eilish) like applicants who are similar to them 

What is birds of a feather syndrome?

200

Type of persuasion strategy that diagnoses then prescribes

What is SPIN selling?

200

This greeting should not be used in a cover letter.

What is To Whom it May Concern?

300

___ tests measure ability to think critically and solve problems, while ___ tests measure behavioral traits

What are aptitude tests and personality tests?

300

This category of questions help the employer discern how the applicant would perform on the job.

What is a non-traditional question?

300

This question pitfall is particularly relevant to a selection interview

What is an evaluative response?

300

Relatively enduring combinations of beliefs that predispose people to respond in particular ways to persons, organizations, places, ideas, and issues.

What are attitudes?

300

Put your strongest point [first, in the middle, or last] during a persuasive interview because of the laws of ____ and ____. 

Middle, primacy & recency 

400

résumé format that focuses attention on relevant skills to match an ideal applicant profile

What is a functional format?

400

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?

400

Three nontraditional interviewing approachs

What are panel format, chain format, and seminar format?

400

Political, economic, social, historical, and
religious beliefs emanate from ______

What are values?

400

Ask an interview question that fails this test, making it illegal

What is the test of job relatedness?

500

The first step in choosing a
career, position, and organization for
your professional career.

What is self-analysis?

500

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?

500

The strongest predictor of an applicant's attraction to the organization

What is attraction to the interviewer?

500

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?

500

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?