Career Guide - Michelin Career Center - Clemson University
Career Guide - Michelin Career Center - Clemson University
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DURING THE INTERVIEW (CONT.)<br />
Questions Asked By Employers (continued)<br />
<strong>Career</strong> Goals:<br />
1. Do you prefer to work under supervision or on your own?<br />
What kind of boss do you prefer?<br />
2. Would you be successful working with a team?<br />
3. Do you prefer large or small organizations? Why?<br />
4. How do you feel about working in a structured<br />
environment?<br />
5. Are you able to work on several assignments at once?<br />
6. How do you feel about travel, working overtime, the<br />
possibility of relocating, working flextime?<br />
7. How are you conducting your job search and how will you<br />
make your decision?<br />
Ask Questions That Show Interest<br />
Once you have answered the interviewer’s questions, you will<br />
usually be given the opportunity to ask questions. Interviewers<br />
make hiring decisions based on the answers you give as well<br />
as the questions you ask. Be prepared with questions that<br />
show your concern for the employer’s welfare, not just your own.<br />
This is an opportunity to separate yourself from the pack. Good<br />
questions are related to the job for which you are applying. Ask<br />
about job duties, the department, company goals and growth<br />
opportunities.<br />
Do not ask about the salary, things that you have already been<br />
told, or things that are obvious.<br />
Avoid these kinds of questions:<br />
1. “What about benefits?”<br />
2. “When could I expect a promotion?”<br />
3. “What happens after my probationary period?”<br />
4. “How much will I earn?”<br />
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR EDUCATION MAJORS<br />
Motivation/Experience/Training<br />
1. Tell us about yourself.<br />
2. Why did you enter the field of teaching?<br />
3. What experiences have you had related to teaching?<br />
4. What qualities do you have that make you an effective<br />
teacher?<br />
Rate them from 1-10.<br />
5. Why do you want to teach in our school district?<br />
6. What grade levels or subjects do you prefer to teach?<br />
7. Have you taught or are you interested in teaching<br />
combination classes?<br />
8. Rate yourself on your experience with special education<br />
students?<br />
9. Rate yourself on (multicultural, urban, learning problems,<br />
etc.) teaching experience?<br />
10. What do you remember most about your own education?<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for <strong>Career</strong> and Professional Development<br />
www.clemson.edu/career<br />
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Winning Questions to Ask<br />
Here are some questions that may be appropriate to<br />
ask. Review these questions before each interview and<br />
decide which ones apply to your situation.<br />
1. Why was this position created?<br />
2. What would my initial duties be? How will they<br />
change over time?<br />
3. What is your method of training and orienting new<br />
employees?<br />
4. Tell me how this job fits in with other jobs.<br />
5. Why did the previous person in this position leave?<br />
6. What is the most difficult part of the job?<br />
7. What are the expectations of the supervisor?<br />
8. What freedom would I have in getting the job done?<br />
9. Describe the type of person who does well in this<br />
company.<br />
10. How would you describe the management style of<br />
the company as a whole?<br />
11. What are some of the short and long range goals of<br />
the company?<br />
12. What would add or subtract from the incumbent’s<br />
performance to increase their effectiveness?<br />
13. How has the company/organization changed over the<br />
past 5 or 10 years?<br />
14. Can you tell me how my performance will be<br />
evaluated?<br />
15. What is going to be the biggest challenge of this<br />
position?<br />
16. When will you be making a decision to fill this job?<br />
17. What is the next step in the application process?<br />
18. What do you like about working for this company?<br />
Teaching Effectiveness<br />
1. How do you diagnose your students’ needs?<br />
2. How do you make sure lessons are taught at the correct level?<br />
Rate yourself 1-10.<br />
3. How do you stimulate active participation in the classroom?<br />
4. How would you use parents in the classroom?<br />
5. How do you meet the range of needs commonly present in a<br />
classroom?<br />
6. When do you use an individual, group, and/or whole class<br />
teaching approach? Why?<br />
7. How would you implement a whole language approach into<br />
your classroom?<br />
8. If a teacher wants to be sure pupils will learn a skill to be<br />
taught, what should s/he be sure to do when teaching?<br />
9. Let’s imagine we are going to observe a teacher teaching a<br />
lesson. I tell you in advance to expect a superb lesson. What<br />
would you expect to see in that lesson?
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