Introduction
There are three stages to the job interview: preparation, the interview itself, and the followup.
What are the different types of job interviews? What documents are needed for an interview? How should you dress for an interview? What should you know when going into an interview? How do you follow up after an interview?
Business students, you should be able to answer all of these questions after this webquest.
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Task
As you explore these websites, you will discover the components of an interview. You will discover the types of interviews, how to dress for an interview, and how a cover letter, resume, and follow up letter should look like.
The task could be:
- Learning about the different styles of interviews and what to expect out of each style.
- Write a cover letter, resume, and follow up thank you letter.
- Use sample interview questions to interview someone in your household.
Process
1. Use the following websites to create your sample cover letter, resume, and follow up thank you letter. They should be on separate sheets of paper.
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/coverletters/a/aa030401a.htm
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/723/03/
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/sampleresumes/a/resumeformat.htm
http://careercenter.georgetown.edu/resumes-cover-letters/resume-formatt…
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/thankyouletters/a/thankinterview.htm
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/1154.htm
2. Use the sample interview questions to interview a person in your household. Use separate sheet of paper.
- Tell me about yourself.
- Tell me about your education.
- Describe your best/worst boss.
- What is your major weakness?
- Give an example of how you solved a problem in the past.
- What are your strengths?
- How do others describe you?
- Where do you see yourself in three years?
- Think about something you consider a failure in your life, and tell me why you think it happened.
- Give an example where you showed leadership and initiative.
- What have you done to develop or change in the last few years?
Use the following website and choose 5 more questions to ask:
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewques…
3. Use the following website to complete the matching below:
http://www.careeronestop.org/ResumesInterviews/Interviews/JobInterviews…
Use separate sheet of paper.
Evaluation
You will be graded on your matching, cover letter, resume, thank you letter, and interview questions.
The matching questions will be worth 5 points each for a total of 45 points.
The cover letter will be worth 25 points.
The resume will be worth 25 points.
The follow up thank you letter will be worth 25 points.
The interview questions will be worth 30 points.
The total points you can earn for this project is 150.
Conclusion
You should now have a good idea on the components needed for an interview.
If you would like to learn more about interviews and what is needed, you can visit the following websites:
http://richcareer.net/interviews/
http://www.leadership-with-you.com/great-interview-skills.html
http://metrolinajobs.com/2014/05/26/interviewing-101-the-components-of-…