ANSWER SHEET ONE
How to Conduct Employment Interviews
Generally speaking, the purpose of employment interviews are three-fold:
a. to match a candidate with a job;
b. to explain job requirements and responsibilities;
c. to promote the company to (1) ______. (1) ______
An interviewer, the (2) ______ between a job applicant (2) ______
and the company, needs to know the kinds of information
applicants want to know about the company. Also he needs to
play down their powerful role so as to put the interviewee
(3) ______. (3) ______
An interview has an (4) ______, a body, and a conclusion. (4) ______
For a start, it is helpful to create a comfortable atmosphere.
One can address individuals by name or exchange a firm shake, but asking
too many (5) ______ questions may be misleading. (5) ______
For the body part, here are some guidelines.
a. Be careful of your own (6) ______; (6) ______
b. Waste no time;
c. Avoid trick or (7) ______ questions; (7) ______
d. Do not ask questions that violate the law;
e. Give the applicant the opportunity to (8) ______. (8) ______
After the question session, the interviewer needs to come
up with a (9) ______ and inform the applicant of decision (9) ______
procedures. When closing the interview, he or she should not
build (10) ______ hopes or discourage the applicant. (10) ______