Exam 14: Applying and Interviewing for Employment

Oliver is in charge of recruiting soup chefs for his restaurant De Lait. The candidates need to have a healthy appetite for creativity and should be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma. He is aware that the law prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, age, marital status, and religion. Which of these questions asked by Oliver would violate the law?

In a(n) ________ application letter, it is necessary to discuss each requirement specified in the job ad.

In a(n) ________ interview, the interviewer (or a computer program) asks a series of questions in a predetermined order.

During a situational interview, even if you aren't familiar with the business details of a particular scenario, use common sense to imagine how experienced people in that situation would respond.

If the employer has received your résumé earlier, it is not necessary to carry additional copies when you attend the interview.

You have been asked to hire 10 consultants for H.Q. Services, but the company insists that you need not conduct preliminary screening interviews because they believe that it may lengthen the hiring process. Which of these arguments could help convince them about the benefits of preliminary screening interviews?

Once you have mailed the letter of acceptance for a job, you can ________.

When employers ask you about what you didn't like about your previous job, you should ________.

As interviewees, we are generally advised to handle interviews with proper preparation and a "never budge under pressure" attitude. If the applicant is asked a difficult question during an interview, which of these actions is the most appropriate to tackle that question?

While practising for interviews, ________.

In the letter of ________, follow the advice for negative messages and make the letter sound positive.

Leading the conversation yourself and answering a question before the interviewer has finished asking it ________.

During a(n) ________ interview, you might be asked pointed questions designed to anger or unsettle you.

Which of these tests, when used in a job interview, would involve testing a candidate's reading, comprehension, mathematics, problem solving, and decision-making skills?

Which among these is the centrepiece of your job search package?

An interview where the job candidate is criticized or provoked is a type of ________.

Describe six of the common types of interviews.

Mentioning your strengths in an application letter ________.

Look for ways to frame your responses to interview questions as brief stories rather than as dry facts or statements.

Vivian is declining the job offer from System Inc.; she considers the interviewer's questions regarding her country of origin and subsequent remarks about her culture, derogatory and discriminatory. The interviewer meant to conduct a stress interview on Vivian and wanted to observe how she handles these queries. Was the interviewer right in his approach? If Vivian is declining the offer, should she still use the negative messages approach?