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University of Maryland, College Park

Advanced Interviewing Techniques

People interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday's strategies. Recruiting technology has become more sophisticated, and the best employers are constantly changing the way interviews are done. This course gives you detailed strategies for handling tough competency-based, or behavioral, interviews so that you can communicate the knowledge, skills, and abilities that you have and that employers demand. You will be able to: 1. Identify what the hiring organization is looking for in using behavioral interviewing techniques. 2. List the steps in the S.T.A.R. response strategy and apply the steps, using reasonably correct language, to respond to behavioral interview questions. 3. Use your responses to behavioral and competency-based questions to communicate your personal values. 4. Identify what the hiring organization is looking for in asking situational and wild-card interview questions. 5. List the steps in the P.R.E.P. and 5 W's response strategies and apply the steps, using reasonably correct language, to answer at least one wild-card and two situational interview questions. 6. Develop an optimal strategy for responding to the weaknesses question, based on recognizing why a hiring organization asks these questions. 7. Demonstrate your personal strengths and maturity through your responses to the weaknesses question. 8. Correctly apply hedging language to soften a negative and boosting language to emphasize a positive aspect of your professional and/or academic background. 9. Ask questions to determine how well an organization fits with your personality, career goals and salary objectives. 10. Ask questions that communicate your competencies and strengths. 11. Negotiate the best job offer and compensation package for yourself. 12. Perform successfully on telephone interviews.

Status: Professionalism
Status: Communication
Course25 hours

Featured reviews

KY

5.0Reviewed Apr 4, 2018

Most difficult cource! But it force you to be better! I highly advice to go through it!

AP

5.0Reviewed Oct 7, 2020

great course to improve and learn communication skills and email writing

BN

5.0Reviewed Nov 9, 2020

I strongly recommended for job seekers, job switchers and career coaches in English speaking countries.

NG

5.0Reviewed Oct 7, 2020

Learnt kot of interviewing techniques and its ways.

LG

4.0Reviewed May 26, 2016

This is an interview Swiss-army knife and can be used equally effectively by candidates as well as those who interview candidates.

KP

4.0Reviewed Apr 17, 2021

It is best course for all learners who want to learn interviewing skills as much as English language.

CC

5.0Reviewed Jul 5, 2018

It's a very useful prep for interviews. I learned quite a lot from how to research a company to how to deal with a late phone call. This course definitely worth the time.

AK

4.0Reviewed Jan 27, 2019

Honestly, the strength and weakness example answers are considered to be devious and untrustworthy.

CC

5.0Reviewed Apr 5, 2021

It's really impressive and helpful for the one who is going to give interview for the first time as well as for the one who is not able to make it in many chance.

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