User:Randyfisher/Rutgers/Interview skills/Syllabus

= Flow =

Orientation, Class Admin & Introductions / Overview

 * Types of Interviews - Jobs, Information, Partnering / Collaboration
 * Recruiters
 * The Hiring Process (4), Continuous Interviewing
 * Staying Positive: Sunny Side Up
 * Managing Expectations
 * Understand the Role - Person Interviewing You (i.e., Recruiter, Manager, Owner)
 * TMI
 * Team Player / Team Skills
 * Easy as PIE Model

Questions & Answers

 * Tell Me About Yourself
 * Tell me About A Time You Had a Difficult Time with Your CoWorker / Supervisor
 * If You Were an Animal / Color - what would you be and why?
 * Thank You Notes / Following up
 * Challenge / Accomplishment

Interview Prep / Strategies
Research / Outreach & Followup
 * Bio / Keywords - to industry
 * LinkedIn Profile - Summary & Experience
 * Key Messages / Versions ("Library)
 * Cover Letter / Email (incorporating CAR Stories)
 * Consistency - Word, Email, Required Criteria
 * Experiment, Test - no rules
 * Listening / Observation

Interview Strategies - 2

 * Outreach / Followup
 * Advanced Networking
 * Creating Opportunities for Business Value
 * Learning / Observation
 * When to get in touch
 * Updating - LinkedIn, etc.
 * Experimenting, Test...
 * Practice -
 * As You
 * As employer

Special Situations - Body Language, Culture, Panel Interviews

 * Handshake, Eye Contact
 * Smells, Odors
 * Conflict
 * Body Language
 * Interpersonal Skills
 * Another Language / Technical Interviews
 * Whiteboarding
 * Cultural Differences / Miscommunication / Opportunity for Learning
 * Building Support / Rapport - Interviewing By Committee / Panel

Wrap Up

 * TBD