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432 15 Writing Job-Application Materials

Guidelines

preparing for a Job interview
For every hour you spend in a job interview, you need to do many hours of
preparation.
on techcomm Web  study job interviews. The dozens of books and Web sites devoted to job inter-
For links to Web sites views cover everything from how to do your initial research to common interview
about employment, click on questions to how to dress. Although you can’t prepare for everything that will
Links Library for Ch. 15 on happen, you can prepare for a lot of things.
<bedfordstmartins.com/
techcomm>.  study the organization to which you applied. If you inadvertently show that you
haven’t done your homework, the interviewer might conclude that you’re always
unprepared. Learn what products or services the organization provides, how well
in this book it has done in recent years, what its plans are, and so forth. Start with the organi-
For more about research zation’s own Web site, especially corporate blogs, and then proceed to other on-
techniques, see Ch. 6. line and print resources. Search for the organization’s name on the Internet.
 think about what you can offer the organization. Your goal during the interview
is to show how you can help the organization accomplish its goals. Think about
how your academic career, your work experience, and your personal characteris-
tics and experiences have prepared you to solve problems and carry out projects
to help the organization succeed. Make notes about projects you carried out in
courses, experiences on the job, and experiences in your personal life that can
serve as persuasive evidence to support claims about your qualifications.
in this book  study lists of common interview questions. Interviewers study these lists; you
For more about communicating should, too. You’re probably familiar with some of the favorites:
persuasively, see Ch. 8. — Can you tell me about yourself?
— Where do you see yourself in five years?
— Why did you apply to our company?
— What do you see as your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
— Tell me about an incident that taught you something important about yourself.
— What was your best course in college? Why?
 compile a list of questions you wish to ask. Near the end of the interview, the
interviewer will probably ask if you have any questions. The interviewer expects
you to have compiled a brief list of questions about working for the organization.
Do not focus on salary, vacation days, or sick leave. Instead, ask about ways
you can continue to develop as a professional, improving your ability to contrib-
ute to the organization.
 rehearse the interview. It’s one thing to think about how you might answer an in-
terview question. It’s another to have to answer it. Rehearse the interview by asking
friends or colleagues to play the role of the interviewers, making up questions that
you haven’t thought about. Then ask these people for constructive criticism.

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