Effective Job Interviewing to Trinity College Alumni February 2014

1. Effective Interviewing
Copyright Randy Glasbergen

2. Agenda
Pre-interview
First impressions
The interview
Post – interview
Final thoughts

3. In a word or two….
BE
PREPARED

4. “Success always
comes when
preparation meets opportunity”

5. Research

6. Source: Current Employees

7. Source: Online

8. Source: Social media

9. Source: Macro data

10. First
Impressions

11. Eye Contact

12. Dress Sense

13. Dress Sense

14. Handshake

15. Smile

17. High vs Low Power Poses
Copyright – Amy Cuddy, Harvard

18. High vs Low Power Poses
Copyright – Amy Cuddy, Harvard

19. The interview

20. What they want to know
Can you do the Job
Do you want the Job
Do we like you

21. Arriving

22. Prepared Answers
The good news - the questions rarely change!
Tell me about yourself
Give me an example of a time…
Can you explain your role on the …
Do you have questions for us

23. Competency Based Interviewing
S ituation
T ask
A ction
R esult

24. Other Assessment approaches
• Panel interviews
• Testing
• Assessment centres

25. “Strange” questions
1
16

26. Personal brand

27. SAFE

28. SAFE
VOLVO

29. MAGICAL

30. MAGICAL
DISNEY

31. Studies of communication
Body language:
55%:
Tone of Voice:
38%
What you say:
7%

34. Powerful and Confident
Roger Bannister

35. Final Points

36. Think Outcomes

37. Primacy / Recency

38. Network
Change the process from..
CV
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
CV

39. Last thought….
It’s not hard its hard work

40. Questions & Thank You
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