
"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?"
- Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice
Let's take the pressure of you for a moment and watch someone else lead an interview.
👆Based on the videos above ☝️
Please answer the following questions and discuss them with your interview trainer teammate. Don't make me turn this into a formal quiz. (if you don't discuss then... ugh I'll have to create a quiz).
- What is the interviewee's name?
- What things did the GOOD interviewer included in their intro?
👆Based on the videos above ☝️
Please answer the following questions and discuss them with your interview trainer teammate. Don't make me turn this into a formal quiz. (if you don't discuss then... ugh I'll have to create a quiz).
- What is the interviewee's name?
- What things did the GOOD interviewer included in their intro?
- What was the second name that the BAD interviewer called the interviewee?
- Once the interviewer jumps into questions, what was wrong with the BAD interviewer's first interview question?
👆Based on the videos above ☝️
Please answer the following questions and discuss them with your interview trainer teammate.
- How did the GOOD interviewer handled the interviewees response to the first question?
- When the GOOD interviewer first asked "Share with me a time when one of your employees or colleagues gave you some constructive feedback. How did you respond to the person?" what was wrong with the interviewee's first response?
- When the BAD interviewer first asked "Share with me a time when one of your employees or colleagues gave you some constructive feedback. How did you respond to the person?" what was wrong with the interviewer's response?
👆Based on the videos above ☝️
Please answer the following questions and discuss them with your interview trainer teammate.
- The GOOD interview starts off with the interviewer responding to a response that the interviewee must have given before the video started. What was a positive thing the interviewer did in his response?
- In the GOOD interview, after the interviewer asked the question "Can you tell me about a time when you were trying to convince an individual or group to do something differently than they had in the past. How did you plan and deliver that message?" How did the interviewer follow up on the interviewee's response?
- In the BAD interview, after the interviewee responded to the first question what was wrong with the BAD interviewer's response?
- What was wrong with the BAD interviewer's last question
👆Based on the videos above ☝️
Please answer the following questions and discuss them with your interview trainer teammate.
- Would you buy a DVD or Blue-Ray rewinder?
- What skill does the interviewee hope to gain from being on the team?
- What's a possible positive and negative regarding the question the interviewee asked the GOOD interviewer.
- What could the BAD interviewer have done to prevent hearing about all the emotional baggage?
- How many different names did the BAD interviewer call the interviewee?
- What was the interviewee's question to the BAD interviewer at the end?
Phew...
Now that that's over it's discussion time. Schedule 10-15 minutes with your interview trainer teammate and discuss the answers below (I think I will just make a quiz for the questions above). Send them a copy of all the questions so they know what you'll be talking about. Here are the discussion questions:
GOOD Interviewer Videos
What stood out to you in the GOOD interview?
What did the interviewer do well?
What could the interviewer have done better?
What rating would you have given the interviewee in the area of communication (if applicable)?
What rating would you have given the interviewee in the area of adaptability (if applicable)?
What rating would you have given the interviewee in the area of motivational fit (if applicable)?
Yes or no, would you hire the interviewee?
BAD Interviewer Videos
What stood out to you in the BAD interview?
What did the interviewer do well?
What could the interviewer have done better?
What rating would you have given the interviewee in the area of communication (if applicable)?
What rating would you have given the interviewee in the area of adaptability (if applicable)?
What rating would you have given the interviewee in the area of motivational fit (if applicable)?
Yes or no, would you hire the interviewee?