Completion should give students the opportunity to
- practice interviewing skills
- play a variety of roles in the interview
- identify both desirable (e.g., maintaining eye contact, asking informed questions, dressing in professional attire) and undesirable (e.g., speaking too softly, failing to answer questions completely) behaviors
- practice nonverbal communication, listening skills, and the STAR (situation, task, action, result) method for answering behavioral questions.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What skills are useful in an interview?
- What are the benefits of mock interviews?
- What are some examples of inappropriate interview questions?
- What should one do if asked an inappropriate question?
- When should one ask questions during an interview?
- What specific questions might one ask about the company?
- Why is it important to research a company before an interview?