Teacher interview questions

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

20 job strengths samples for your job interview

1. A activating, adapting, administering, analyzing information, arranging, advising

2. B budgeting, building teams, briefing, balancing,

3. C communicating, controlling, co-ordinating, creating, checking, counseling, compiling, coaching

4. D deciding, detailing, developing people, directing, devising, discovering, data input

5. E empathizing, evaluating , examining, explaining, editing, empowering

6. F finding, fixing, formulating, finalizing,

7. G guiding a group or individual, gathering information, generating ideas, giving feedback,

8. H helping, handling, hosting

9. I, J imagining, implementing, influencing, initiating, innovating, interviewing, instructing, judging,

10. L learning, listening, locating, launching, leading

11. M managing, mentoring, monitoring, motivating, meeting people, marketing

12. N negotiating, navigating

13. observing, organizing, overhauling, overseeing

14. P persuading, planning, preparing, presenting, problem-solving, proof reading, prioritizing

15. Q questioning, qualifying,

16. R researching, resolving, reporting, recording, repairing, reviewing

17. S scheduling, selling, setting -up, supervising, simplifying, speaking, strategizing

18. T teaching, team-work, trouble-shooting, training, tracking details, thinking creatively

19. U understanding, uniting, upgrading, updating

20. V, W verbalizing, volunteering, verifying, writing

List of 37 career goals samples

I. List of career goals

Design career around a personal passion
Change jobs
Get a promotion
Identify or increase personal standards and boundaries at work (such as leaving for lunch each day, versus working like a maniac!)
Communicate more effectively
Feel happier at work
Develop more friendships at work, less competitive with others.
Become a manager
Double sales or productivity
Learn a new skill
Go for a specific award.
Be more organized with daily goals
De-clutter the work space
Start a new business
Partner with another person
Find a mentor or BE a mentor
Become known as an expert
Manage clients better
Create a website or promotional materials for my business
Improve profitability of my company by _____%
Delegate more effectively
Be more personal, send thank you notes to staff and clients
Eliminate tolerations or problems at work
Create a long term career plan or strategy.
Stop working and take a sabattical for _____ months.
Become a better networker, attend networking events regularly
Work less, vacation more
Reduce work hours without compromising productivity.
Learn new sales skills to sell with less effort.
Find a career that doesn't feel like work
React less and work and respond more
Stop micromanaging my staff
Bring in ___new clients or prospects a month
Reduce business expenses by ___%
Join Toastmasters to improve presentation skills
Delete old emails and old files from computer
Say "NO" at work more.

II. Types of career goals:

EFFECTIVE GOAL-SETTING

Make an inventory of your strengths and interests. Think about the aspects of previous jobs you've enjoyed the most, such as training other people or working in a team, and add them to your list. Include interests you have outside of work, such as canoeing and photography. This information provides a starting point for goal-setting. When you create your goals, keep the SMART acronym in mind. Instead of writing, "Learn how to fix things," write "Next semester, enroll in an appliance repair class at the community college."

SHORT-TERM GOALS

Setting a major goal without creating a road map to that point can be an exercise in frustration. You are unlikely to meet such goals without a series of short-term and intermediate goals along the way. Some short-term career goals may be, "Within the next month, apply to five colleges that have a strong education program" or "Sign up to take the GMAT by next month."

INTERMEDIATE GOALS

Intermediate goals typically take three to five years to accomplish, according to Nadine Katz, a medical professor quoted in Forbes magazine. Examples of an intermediate goal might be, "Enroll in an MBA program and complete it" or "Participate in two significant architectural digs."

LONG-TERM GOALS

Long-term goals are the grand prize of your career -- at least until you set new ones. Like the previous goals, they should be specific and achievable in a set period of time. A long-term goal might be, "Within six years, become the manager of a large car dealership."

Top 10 secrets to win every job interview

In this eBook, I really like the section on Interview Secrets 1, 2, 4, 4, 9 and 10. I shall try to summarize the most interesting and useful tips here and hope that they shall provide you with helpful information for your employment interview.

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1. Killer Interview Secret #1 – The 7 Traits Employers Look For In Every Applicant (page 7-16)

To make it easier for you to remember, Author put these seven fundamental characteristics into an acronym: S.T.A.P.L.E.S

• Skillset
• Team player
• Attitude
• Professionalism
• Leadership
• Ethic
• Security

I am in agreement with the author about three traits: skill set, team-player, and attitude. I think these traits are mostly sought after by most of employers from their candidates.

A skill set is a list of necessary skills for performing one’s job. You can easily find out about skill sets through job specifications, job advertisements, or job descriptions, and so on.

2. Killer Interview Secret #2 – The 4 Key Elements To A Winning Interview Answer (page 17-20)

In this section, the author shares with us four elements to lead to a successful interview, including:

• Targeted
• Specific
• Concise
• Proper Delivery

I myself like specific element very much. For specific element, you should state some examples, case studies or situations for each skill you have that may relate to your previous job to demonstrate your skills. You may refer to STAR Interview Technique for some meaningful tips.

3. Killer Interview Secret #3 – The Best Interview Strategy…Ever (page 21-38)

Here is what the author shares in this section:

This can be considered as the most interesting part of this eBook:

a. How do you come up with a story?

b. What Are the Elements of a Story?

c. Formula for a successful story.

d. How to Tell a Story?

e. What kind of stories should you tell? It can be said that this is the best, most interesting section of the eBook.

It is also the longest and most important part in which, the author presents some analyses for typical groups of candidates as follows:

• “The Most Valuable Player, or MVP”
• “The Superstar”
• “The Upright Citizen”
• “The Professor”
• “The Team Player”
• “The Big Boss”
• “The Troubleshooter”
• “The Juggler”
• “The Deflection”…

From above list, I am sure that you can imagine the main stories here are for demonstrating your most important skills for the job, such as team-player skill.

When you have developed a skill set, it is important that you have to consider how to prove your skills in front of the employers. In this section, the author states tools and examples for you to practice on how to demonstrate your skills.

4. Killer Interview Secret #4 – Opportunities Are Created, Not Given (page 39 – 42)

Have you ever wondered how to get an opportunity to prove your skills? There are not many for you to tell your stories. In this section, the author introduces the experience and some tips for you to create your own opportunities.

5. Killer Interview Secret #5 – How To Really Read A Job Description…………………………………. 42

6. Killer Interview Secret #6 – The Most Common Types of Interviews & How To Ace Them (page 47-53)

7. Killer Interview Secret #7 – Mastering The 11 Foundation Interview Questions (page 54 -62)

8. Killer Interview Secret #8 – Asking The Right Questions (page 63 -67)

9. Killer Interview Secret #9 – The “Hidden” Job Market (page 68 – 71)

Many of us don’t recognize that hidden job market is a huge one and accounts for 2/3 of total job demand from enterprises. This means that if you know how to exploit a hidden job market, you can increase your chance of getting the job up to 300%.

In this section, the author shares his experience and useful tips to exploit hidden job market.

Here are some sources to get penetrating into a hidden job market:

• Friends;
• Family;
• Ex-coworkers;
• Referral;
• HR communities;
• Field communities;
• Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter…
• Last recruitment ads from recruiters;
• HR emails of potential recruiters…

10. Killer Interview Secret #10 – Turning On Your Natural Attraction Factors (page 71-86)

(Create first impression to the interviewers)
It’s just like the way you sell a product or introduce yourself in front of your future parents-in-law, natural attraction factors play very important role in a job interview. These factors are:

• Confidence;
• Know your own strong and weak points;
• Know what the employers want;
• How to create first impression
• How to express your attitude
• Body language;
• Posture;
• Grooming and Appearance;

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Top 12 common mistakes in job interviews

1. Coming late

One of common mistakes in any job interviews is arriving late which not only expresses a poor time management skills but also brings uncomfortable to interviewer in particular and the company in general. Therefore, all interviewees have to recover this mistake if they would like to land an expected job. It’s so bad first impression to interviewer when he/she sees you coming late for the interview.

You are noted that you should arrive on time and better early for the interview by arranging your times, preparing necessary things. Coming to the interview before present of the interviewer is to respect him/her. In case of unforeseen situation happened on your way to the interview you need to call the interviewer for suspending some minutes.

2. Inappropriate dress

A suitable dress is very important to interviewees, which makes a professional look and politeness from you. You can choose a clothing fit to the position you are applying for. For example, you had better to dress casual business clothing for the interview of a non-professional job, to prepare casual garb for the one of startup job in a small company. The company will highly appreciate your appearance on your well-dress form.

3. Lack of preparation

A common question from the employer to any interviewee for any job is “What do you know about my company?” However, not all of interviewees can answer this question if they do not prepare before. First of all, you need to find out the company history, operation fields, organization and its mission also. It is easy to go through its website to “about us” item on menu bar. You can read to time by time to memory or more carefully to print it out. In addition, visiting Facebook page or linked in page of the company for more information.

4. Poor in communication or too much communication

One of crucial skills of an interviewee for a job is communication. The interview always takes interest in candidates who have good communication capacity. A good communication skill for a potential candidate here includes combination of behaviors of eye contact, how to shake hands, confidence and speaking before, in and after the in interview.

Kills in answering cell phone or telephone via phone interview is also important. Do not hesitate or confuse, make confidence instead to show your communication skill during the phone interview. Focus on answering the interviewer’s questions, do not give so long or rambling respond. Being noted that leave the phone after the interviewer turn off, which show your respect. Noted to leave your coffee cup, food and other things away you during an interview.

5. Researching the company but not yourself

Researching the company is a proper way for candidates to have amount of information for the interview as mentioned. The employer focuses on candidate’s experience, areas of knowledge and skills than its history. But it does not mean that the employer does not give question on the company to candidates, by this it can see accomplishment prepare from them. So as an interviewee, you must respond to any question from interviewer based on your well-prepared background.

6. Fail to ask questions

In order to have more information about the position, the company and interviewer as well it’s better to give questions to him/her. No questions to the interviewer, it’s the worst thing to you. It means you do not really have awareness about these and as a result of no impression by the interviewer with you. The interviewer normally focuses on questions asked by you than what you strive to prove to him/her. For all, you should prepare at least three questions you will ask the interviewer before. For example, the interviewer is a director of a communication company, the question may be “Can you tell me about your career? Or what does make your company become the leading one? Because everyone feel interested in talking about themselves.

7. Talk too much

Attending any interview, you should avoid talking a lot about anything. It makes interviewer think about you as an idle speaker and it’s unnecessary to know your whole life story. So your answers should be in control, they need to be short, understandable, centre of gravity.

8. Do not talk enough

You also should avoid giving closed or so short answers to interviewer, which makes to be hard to have opened communication between candidate and interviewer. You need to answer interviewer’s questions in pleasure and opened orientation. By this, the interviewer will feel comfortable to talk you and give more chance for you to prove yourself but it does not mean that you need to talk so much. You should give full answer with opened trend as good as possible.

9. Make a so-called weakness seem positive

Commonly candidates are asked by interviewer with the question as “What are your weak points?” Is it better for you to state that your weaknesses will be turned into positive points? It is mistake to do this. Whole interviewers would like to see how you to deal with this question and to know what your persuasive answer is. Therefore, in this case you need to mention your skills, demonstrate what you did and are doing to improve your shortcomings.

10. Fail to give answer

You are sure that you listened interviewer’s question fully and take a moment time for your thoughts before answering. Giving wrong answer means that you are going to knock your chance yourself.
As the following case, the mention by interviewer to candidate that the position of sales and marketing calls for skills and experience in calling and area of knowledge. Do you think about it? The candidate answers: “I do not like to do cold calling and I also lack information of sales and marketing, I am not good at it.” This answer is obviously wrong and shows that you absolutely fail to get the job.

11. Badmouth past employers

Although you were not unpleased to your last manager and last some colleagues in previous company in fact, you should not show your hate against these before the interviewer. Many candidates badmouth their past boss as idiot or the company as a jerk during the interview for a new position. As a result, the employer will not hire these candidates.
As many cases that the interviewer might know how are your last boss and company while candidate is thinking that he/she could not. And the interviewer thinks that this candidate might talk about his/her boss and company if he/she leaves on terms when feeling not best here.

12. Forget to follow up

After the end of a job interviewer, you are sure to give thanks to consideration and spending time for interview of interviewer and express your seriously interest in the position and the company. Which will make the interviewer feel be respected and take more time to appraise you.
Noted that, do not be disappointed in moment if you are informed that you are failed. Nobody can pass one interview to get job. If you fail to get job in fact, be pleased to consider it as precious challenge and improve your mistakes in order to prepare for next opportunity as best as you can.

Job interview checklist 40 points

Before your interview, make certain you have:

Recent haircut or hairstyle
Clean, manicured fingernails
Starched shirt or blouse
Pressed suit or professional outfit appropriate for the business in question

Questions to think about carefully beforehand:

Do you have a clear understanding of the position for which you are applying?
What distinguishes you from other candidates for the position?
What five qualities make you a good candidate?
What are your strengths and weaknesses? How do you compensate for your weaknesses?
Why do you want to work for the company?
Why should the company hire you?
What skills or experiences qualify you for the job?
What education or training qualifies you for the job?
What hobbies or outside interests make you a better candidate?
What were your key accomplishments during school and in your past positions?
Can you discuss each item on your résumé or job application in detail?
Can you list your full employment history with accurate names, addresses, and dates for each job?

Things to do shortly before the interview:

Conduct a mock interview with a trusted friend or colleague for practice.
Prepare a list of names and telephone numbers of at least three individuals who have agreed to be your personal references.
Research the company with whom you are interviewing in order to have a general understanding of both the company history and its position in the industry.
Spread the word through your network to see if anyone has contacts at the company that could be a helpful resource before and during the interview.
Prepare a list of questions to ask the interviewer.
Get detailed directions to the office and make transportation arrangements to arrive at the interview easily and promptly.
Research salaries in order to have a clear expectation of how much you may be offered.

Prepare a “closing” for the interview that expresses your desire for the job and inquires about the next step in the interview process.

What to bring to the interview:

Extra copies of your résumé
Business references from former supervisors, colleagues, or clients
This can be either a list of names and phone numbers or actual letters of reference
Written performance appraisals
Folder or small briefcase
Appointment book
Notepad and pen
Memos or letters confirming past achievements
Personal compensation history
Portfolio of nonproprietary samples of your work, such as writing samples, technical drawings, or brochures of products that you’ve sold or developed
College transcripts, if you are a recent graduate
A list of questions to ask prospective employer
Any documents you may need for the interview, such as a passport, Social Security card, or driver’s license

The day of the interview:

Arrive at least 15 minutes early. Visit the restroom and check your appearance in the mirror.
Check in with the receptionist and let him or her know that you have arrived and have an appointment. (Remember to be very polite; employers will often ask the receptionist for their first impressions of interviewees.)
Be friendly and cordial with the interviewer, but listen 80 percent of the time and talk 20 percent unless questioned directly.

Follow-up:

After the interview, send a handwritten thank-you note to the interviewer that restates your interest and commitment to the position and expresses your gratitude for his or her time and consideration.
About a week after the first interview, call the employer to check on the progress of the job search.