Presented by:

Isa Watanabe

Center for Career Opportunities

Purpose – What Are Interviews For?

Attire – What to Wear

Resume – Top Attributes

Interview Structure

Interview Question Types

S.T.A.R Method

Wrapping Up the Interview

Interview Tips

OVERVIEWOverview

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STAR Method

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Your Goals:

Showcase Skills, Accomplishments

Learn about the Employer

Create a Positive Impression

Purpose - What Are Interviews For?Overview

Purpose Employer’s Goals:

Establish Rapport

Learn about your Skills

Introduce Organization

Evaluate Fit

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Attire - What NOT to WearOverview

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Attire - What NOT to WearOverview

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Casual Clothing (e.g. Jeans and T-shirts) unless ‘casual’ is specifically stated

Expensive jewelry

Low-cut tops and other revealing clothing

Sunglasses

Very high heels

Non-traditional colors (e.g. bright pink shoes)

Attire - What to WearOverview

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Attire - What to WearOverview

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Standard dark-colored suit, preferably black or dark grey

Black formal shoes

Any articles of clothing required for religious purposes are perfectly acceptable (the formal rule still applies, of course)

Resume – Top AttributesOverview

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Interview StructureOverview

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Opening/Small Talk

Questions/Discussion about your background and experience

Your turn to ask questions

Closing/Wrap up

Follow-up

Two Interview Question TypesOverview

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Traditional – Open-ended, situational, future oriented

Behavioral – Specific questions about past behavior

Traditional, Open-Ended QuestionsOverview

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Examples:

Why did you choose this field?”

“Tell me about yourself.”

“One of your strengths/weaknesses?”

“Why should we hire you?”

Behavioral QuestionsOverview

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Examples:

What has been your most challenging project and why?

Give me an example of a time you worked on a team and…

Someone wasn’t cooperating.

You took charge of the situation.

Your team did not meet it’s goals.

STAR MethodOverview

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Method of comprehensively responding to behavioral interview questions: Situation, Task, Action, Result

Behavioral interview response visual example

Situation

Task

Result Action

STAR Method – Example 1Overview

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Tell me about a time you took a leadership role on a project.

S) During my sophomore year at Purdue I was appointedchairperson of the XYZ Committee at my residence hall.

T) The committee was responsible for organizing a Women’shealth fair to bring community resources within the reachof hall residents.

A) I first led the group on an analysis of similar events that wewanted to see 300 attendees and representatives from 10community organizations. I organized the committee intoa marketing subgroup and a community outreach subgroupeach responsible for achieving the afore-mentioned goals.

R) In the end, the event was a great success. We had 500attendees and representatives from 12 community groups.The fair was later chosen for the “event of the year” awardamongst all residence hall events that year.

STAR Method – Example 2Overview

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Describe a time you went above the call of duty to achieve an outcome.

S) When I arrived at XYZ company they were just beginning to launch a new product.

T) I took the opportunity to recommend an onlinecomplement to the launch and offered to lead the project.

A) I created a prototype web advertisement along withassociated market data to demonstrate the need for theonline complement.

R) The director of marketing approved the concept, my teamexecuted the advertisement, and sales in week one were30 percent greater than forecasted without thecomplement.

STAR Method – Practice QuestionsOverview

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Tell me about a time when you worked effectively in a team.

What is one of the most challenging tasks you have faced and how did you handle it?

Wrapping Up the InterviewOverview

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Thank the interviewer

Ask when you can expect to hear from the company (if appropriate)

Ask for his/her business card

Send a thank you email/card when you get home!

TipsOverview

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Prepare questions ahead of time

Don’t ask questions for which you should already know the answer.

Ask questions to get them to sell the organization to you!

Need More Help?Overview

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Come to the Center for Career Opportunities, located at YONG 132

Our Services:Resume Drop-In Assistance

1 on 1 Career Counseling

MyCCO (Job listings/On-campus)

Career Advice Video

Interview Stream

Mock Interviews

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APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 10th 2014

Callouts January 22nd , 28th KRAN G018 at 6:00PM