Interview Assessment - 10%

 

LSC 1503 Interview Task

Interview	10%
- In-class interview (5%)
- Reflective report (5%)

 

In groups of three of four students participate in job interview situation along with the teacher.

A description of the position you are interviewing for will be provided by your teacher. Students are interviewed in turn by the teacher and the other participating students who play the role of an interviewing board.

The students are assessed by the teacher using the Interview Task grading rubric below. The students may also use the rubric to provide feedback to their peers.

 

 

 

 

 

LSC 1503 Interview Assignments

Twenty important Interviewer Questions

1.      Tell me about yourself.

2.      What is your greatest strength?

3.      What are your greatest weaknesses?

4.      What are you leaving (did you leave) your current (previous) position?

5.      Why should I hire you?

6.      Where do you see yourself in three years? In six? In ten?

7.      Why do you want to work at our company?

8.      What are your outside interests?

9.      Can you work under pressure?

10.  I am concerned that you don’t have as much experience as I would like in…

11.  How do you feel about working nights and weekends?

12.  What do you think is the role of a good…?

13.  May I contact your current employer for a reference?

14.  Do you consider yourself creative? Give me an example of your creativity.

15.  Where could you use some improvement?

16.  What are your goals?

17.  In terms of salary, how much are you hoping to make? OR: What salary are you worth?

18.  What do you think about….? (Opinion question)

19.  Tell me something negative you heard about our company.

20.  Do you have any questions for us?

Questions to ask the Interviewer

1.      Who would I be working for directly?

2.      Why is the position open?

3.      How long has the position been open?

4.      What would my job title be?

5.      What would be my responsibilities?

6.      Are there opportunities for advancement in this company?

7.      Is there a probationary period? How long?

8.      How will I be evaluated? What criteria?

9.      How is the company doing?

10.  What major strengths should a person possess to perform well in this position?

 

 

 

LSC 1503 Interview Task Grading Rubric

 

Name: _______________________________________                                         Section: __________

Number: _____________________________________

 

 

	6 (F)	12 (D)	15 (B)	20 (A)	Score / 20
Introduction (20%)	Greeting absent. Begins with little or no eye contact.	Greeting is present. Begins with little or no eye contact.	Greeting is present. Use of eye contact is appropriate.	Greeting is present with good eye contact. Body language suggests confidence.
Voice and Language (20%)	Speech is too soft or mumbles. Insufficient control of language. Speech is difficult to understand.	Effective communication is inconsistent.	Sufficient control of language and effectively communicates.	Good volume, grammar, and vocabulary used throughout. Strongly effective language.
Poise (20%)	Posture, eye contact, and uneasy behaviors were inappropriately demonstrated throughout.	Poor posture, eye contact, or uneasy behaviors were sometimes apparent.	Generally appropriate posture, eye contact and body language exhibited.	No nervous habits are exhibited. Visual cues suggest high confidence.
	12	24	30	40	Score / 40
Preparation (40%)	It is obvious that no preparation was used.	Marginal preparation demonstrated.	Sufficient preparation demonstrated.	It is obvious that there was a great deal of preparation.

 

 

Total Score   __________ /100

 

  Comments: _______________________________________________________________________  

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Interview Self Assessment

 

Make a evaluation report using your observation notes. The report should between 200 and 300 words and be in paragraph form.

 

1.       Include the names of participants, ID numbers, the venue, date and time.

 

2.       Discuss how well the interview went making specific references to specific factors from the interview:

 

o   The introduction

o   Appearance

§  Attire

§  Body language

o  
Voice and language

o   Poise

o   Preparation

 

 

3.       What questions did he find easiest and most difficult to answer? Why?

 

4.       Give an overall appraisal of his performance. If it was a real interview would you have gotten the job? Why or why not?

 

 

LSC 1503 Interview Reflective Report

Evaluation Form

Name: __________________________________                       ID: ___________________

 

Format: heading, appropriate font and spacing.	4	8	12	16	20
Includes an introductory paragraph describing the situation. Includes the venue, the date and time.	2	4	6	8	10
Discusses and evaluates the interview referring to specific criteria and includes detailed description with examples. Gives a reasonable overall evaluation of his performance referring to one or two specific relevant reasons.	10	20	30	40	50
Writing band (HCT) Less than band 5.0 (score 8); 5.0 – 5.25 (12); 5.5 – 5.75 (16); 6.0 (20)                       The report is between 200 – 300 words	4	8	12	16	20
Percentage equivalent	20	40	60	80	100

 

Total: _________ /100

 

Comments: _________________________________________________________

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LSC 1503

Interview Self Assessment

The following self-evaluation is for Ahmed Al Hosani Id number H00003000. I took part in an interview at Abu Dhabi Men’s College in classroom J24 on Tuesday February 28^th, 2012 between 1:15 and 1:35.

 

We are going to now take an evaluative look at my performance during this interview according to the criteria listed on the table in the task sheet. For starters, let’s first look at my introduction. I believe that my opening could have been more welcoming because I forgot to ask the candidate how he was on that day. However, I did give my name and the position that I hold with the company and did likewise for my colleague. I also feel I made the candidate feel welcome with a warm smile and I maintained eye contact with him. Let’s turn our attention to appearance. I was very much at ease in my local attire. In retrospect, I realize I should have not folded my arms in the presence of the interviewer as this tends to convey a negative image. Moving on to voice and language, I realize that I should have spent more time either learning or memorizing the questions because my delivery as an interviewer as a candidate were faulty. As a result, I came across as not being so sure of myself and therefore I lacked credibility. In terms of poise, I did not fidget, but on occasion I did giggle. So, I am afraid that the interviewer would think that I lacked seriousness and perhaps that might hurt my chances of serious consideration for the job. Finally, as for preparation, I now understand that I would have been much better off had I practiced a lot more so that my answers were much more automatic. I am also conscious of the fact that it would have been useful to have reviewed the video clips in class so that I could have produced better quality answers.

 

To sum up, I believe that as this was the first task for this course it was a fairly adequate effort and I now realize that I have to take the preparation leading up to my next performance more seriously.