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Career Learning
Archives Troy Behrens' previously published columns |
Troy Behrens, Ed.D.,
is executive director of SMU's Hegi
Family Career Development Center. He writes "Career Learning"
for SMU Parents online. |
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Interview Questions: It’s Practice Time! E-mail Troy
For Job-Seeking SeniorsGraduating seniors in all majors: Learn about the Senior Scramble – a last-minute way to connect virtually with 20 employers seeking full-time workers, through April 30. |
We wrap up this four-part series on “acing the interview” with this interactive exercise: How would you respond to a recruiter who asked the questions below? E-mail your answers to Troy at tbehrens@smu.edu.
Catch up on Parts I, II and III.
1. What is the most difficult situation you faced during your last job?
2. Explain your role as a group leader.
3. Explain the last major project you worked on that didn’t end favorably.
4. How do you handle insubordinate workers?
5. How would you approach your supervisor for a raise?
6. How do you prepare for a major project?
7. And the mother of all behavioral questions:
“It's 8 a.m. You just got to your desk. You see a note from your boss that you have a 10-page report due at 2 p.m. today. He left the note at 10 the night before as “advance notice.” As a result of your new project, three clients need to be called within the hour and rescheduled from today’s lunch meeting to next Wednesday; two of them are out of town. Three people are waiting at the reception desk for assistance (the receptionist is nowhere to be seen), and your phone is ringing off the hook. To top it all off, you see the coffeemaker spewing black smoke.... How would you handle this situation?”
Good luck!
>> Learn more at the Hegi Family Career Development Center online.
