美西周三晚上七點,電話網上找工暢談.找工之路選對方向,學得會說工作不難!
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電話周會八十次,龍門陣法棒棒軍.辭舊迎新又一年,麵試準備功夫真
19:00 - 19:40 主講嘉賓:
【棒棒軍進修】龍門陣法講義 作者: Mr.迪富潤特
題目: 說麵試的準備（功夫在詩外）
19:41 - 20:30 大家談: 與找工作有關的問題
----- Materials Prepared by Mr. Different ---------------------------------
1. Tell me about yourself.
- Education
- Work experience/strengths
- A bridging statement to the current job
2. What are your strengths?
- Intellect
- Knowledge/experience
- Personality
- Motivation
3. What are your major weaknesses or limitations?
- Weaknesses that mirror your assets
- Weaknesses that can be easily remedied
4. What are your financial requirements?
- Money talks but don't talk about money
5. Why are you leaving/did you leave your current/last position?
6. What are your career goals for the next 3/5 years?
- Your drive and ambition
- Your goals vs. organizational goals
7. What kind of position are you looking for?
- Your understanding of the position?
- Highlight your strengths
8. Doesn't this job represent a step down from the level of your work now?
- Their concern: stop-gap measure? Your answer: your commitment
- Make it convincing: Your gain in broadened experience/branching out
9. What was your most significant accomplishment in your last job?
- Your baby with highly positive impact
10. Describe a time when you failed.
- Constructive learning experience
- Helped you acquire new skills
- Revealed strengths you did not know
11. How would you describe your management/supervisory style?
- Be honest
- Align with the organization
- Play it safe
12. How would you approach this job?
- Recognize that you need time to survey the new world
- Try to visualize yourself in the assignment
- Focus on first steps but not major problems
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The Who/What/How/Why of Interview Prep: The 8P Approach
(1) WHO: People and Personalities
(a) You: Are you their kind of people?
(b) Them: What kind of people (the R-E-A-D model)
(2) WHAT: Projects and Proficiencies
(a) Strengths/Successes: 7 cases
(b) Weaknesses/Failures: 3 cases
(3) HOW: Preparation and Presentation
(a) Their Questions: The dirty dozen
(b) Your Questions: Which ones to prepare?
(c) Traditional presentation: When, what, why, who, how (tie them up with R-E-A-D)
(d) Behavioral presentation: STAR (Situation/task, action and results)
(4) WHY: Right Person and Right Position?
(a) Why are you the right person for the position?
(b) Why is the position right for you?
