Improve Your Interviewing Skills

Improve Your Interviewing Skills Module 1
Introduction: Interviewing
In this module you will learn the beginning stages for developing interviewing skills. We will discuss the importance of researching a company before the interview and how to create your own personal interviewing manual of research information. Once you understand how and what research information you need you will be able to prepare mastering the informational and phone interviewing process.

• Oxygen Tank for the Interviewee
• Designing Your Research Manual
• Researching the Company
• Mastering the Information Interview
• Phone Interviewing

Improve Your Interviewing Skills Module 2
Interviewing Questions
Interview questions can be challenging to answer even for a seasoned job seeker. Techniques for interpreting and responding to questions can prepare you for any question asked in an interview. This module will discuss how to interpret questions for multiple interview settings so that you can confidently sell your skills and strengths to a potential employer.

• The Question You Must Answer
• When It’s Not About You
• What Not to Say
• Panel Interviewing
• Where Does the Law Draw the Line?

Improve Your Interviewing Skills Module 3
Trick Questions and Posing Questions
In this module we will discuss the necessary skills for becoming a well-prepared job applicant. We discuss the potential for illegal, hidden or tricky intentions that are sometimes present in an interview. We’ll also consider when it’s appropriate for you to say ‘thank you’ and when it’s your turn to pose questions. It is important to come prepared to turn the one-sided interview into a dialogue and to ask meaningful questions.

• Trick Questions
• Thank You
• New Interview
• Google
• Your Turn to Pose Questions

Improve Your Interviewing Skills Module 4
The Ideal Interview
In this final module, we will discuss a number of aspects of interviewing. We’ll consider salary negotiations, online interviews, and how to use LinkedIn to improve the interview process. We’ll discuss first interview impressions, informational interviewing, and various linchpins for success.

• Salary Negotiation
• Linchpins for Success
• Online Interviews
• LinkedIn
• Ideal Intervie