Interview Readiness
This behavior helps demonstrate confidence and professionalism during interviews.
What is maintaining eye contact?
If an interviewer asks about a previous supervisor, teacher, or employer, what should you refrain from doing in your response?
What is speaking negatively or complaining about them?
This term describes an employee’s attitude toward responsibility, effort, and completing tasks.
What is work ethic?
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
What is Mars?
“Boop, boop, boop… ______ out.”
Hop
“Boo Dance” TikTok sound
Arriving 5–15 minutes early to an interview demonstrates this professional trait.
What is punctuality?
If asked “Why should we hire you?”, what type of information should your answer focus on?
What are your skills, strengths, and how you can contribute to the job or company?
Employees who arrive on time, complete assignments, and help coworkers are demonstrating this workplace trait.
What is reliability?
How many continents are there on Earth?
What is 7?
“Get in with me or get ______.”
Lost
Get In With Me – Bossman Dlow
Name one reason employers choose not to hire candidates.
Poor communication, lack of preparation, negative attitude, arriving late.
When discussing a weakness in an interview, students should also explain this.
What is how they are improving or working on it?
An employee who takes responsibility for their actions and completes tasks without being reminded is demonstrating this work ethic trait.
What is accountability?
What do you call an animal that eats both plants and meat?
What is an omnivore?
“I ______ you, Liberian girl.”
Love
Liberian Girl – Michael Jackson
Why is it important to ask questions during an interview?
It shows interest in the job and preparation.
In an interview, this describes a skill or positive quality that helps you perform well in a job.
What is a strength?
An employee notices a task that needs to be done and completes it without being asked. This demonstrates what work ethic behavior?
What is initiative?
What part of the body pumps blood through the body?
What is the heart?
“Now walk it ______.”
Out
DJ Unk – Walk It Out
At the end of your mock interview, how many questions should you ask the interviewer?
2
When answering the interview question “Tell me about yourself,” students should begin by introducing themselves and sharing these four pieces of information.
What are name, age, home school, and grade level?
An employee admits when they make a mistake and works to correct it. This demonstrates this workplace trait.
What is integrity?
What is the process plants use to make their food using sunlight?
What is photosynthesis?
“Don’t believe me just ______.”
Watch
Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk