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Objectives of the Job
Interview
1. To decide whether or
not to make you a job
offer.
2. To examine your
work history and
educational
background, your
strengths and
accomplishments .
3. To evaluate your level
of motivation, values,
attitude and
personality.
Types of Interview
All job interviews have
the same objective, but
employers reach that
objective in a variety of
ways.
STUDENTS
You might enter the room
expecting to tell stories
about your professional
successes and instead
find yourself selling the
interviewer a bridge or
editing code at a
computer. One strategy
for performing your best
during an interview is to
know the rules of the
particular game you are
playing when you walk
through the door.
The Screening
Interview
Companies use screening
tools to ensure that
candidates meet
minimum qualification
requirements.
The Informational
Interview
Job seekers ostensibly
secure informational
meetings in order to seek
the advice of someone in
their current or desired
field as well as to gain
further references to
people who can lend
insight. During an
informational interview,
the jobseeker and
employer exchange
information and get to
know one another better
without reference to a
specific job opening.