JOB INTERVIEW

JOB INTERVIEW

Students often find speaking in public very demanding, therefore I always use an activity where they have to pretend that they are having a job interview. So some of them are interviewers, others are interviewees and there are some who observe with me the session and assess their classmates.
I do not let them to pick a group. You as a teacher should decide.

So here you are:

Group A interviewers
Group B interviewees
Group C observers

Group A interviewers
Work as a group and prepare a strategy.
Each one of you is going to have a different position in the company.
Introduce yourselves and tell the candidates what you do.
Choose two best candidates and reason your choice.
Group B interviewees
Prepare the answers for the questions.
Make up a very short CV
Group C observers
Observe the interview, the interaction, body language, answers, questions and choose two best candidates for the job.
Write down as many details as you can.
Before the interview watch this video and write down the questions:

After watching this video write down the steps:

Would you like to work there? Why?/not

Working at Google NYC - Peter: Software Engineer
Write down the job description:

Students have 20 minutes to prepare this activity.

In the previous lesson we have workd on typical interview questions and here you have few:


1. What is your biggest weakness?
2. Why should we hire you?
3. Why do you want the job?
4. Tell me about yourself....
5. What do you think are your weaknesses and strengths?
6. We have a lot of applicants for this job, why should we appoint you?
7. Which is more important money or status?
8. How long do you think you would stay with us if you were appointed?
9.Why do you want to leave your present job?
10.What would you like to be doing ten years from now?
11.Don´t you think you are a little too young for this job?
12.What are your long range goals?
13. How would you rate your present boss?

Students who are going to be interviewed prepare the answers accoring to the job description, the interviewers prepare the list of questions including 1 surprise question for each candidate.
Interviewees also prepare surprise questions for the interviewers ( you should supervise this in order to correct mistakes).

Intervieweed leave the classroom and enter one by one, staying in the classroom and listening to their classmates. Meanwhile the observers write down comments about everybody´s participation and body language.

You can adapt this activity accoring to the degree,just find youtube information appropriate to their studies.


More interview questions and tips at: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/sowk/pdf/Interview_Booklet.pdf

Have fun and let me know how did it go.