The Interviewing Guidebook

The Interviewing Guidebook focuses on integral skills needed for successfull information-gathering and the employment interview, including the résumé and letters that are part of the interview process. Preparation worksheets, exercises, guides to online help, and scenarios for applying these skills make this brief and user-friendly book extremely practical for anyone preparing for an interview.

Highlighted features with this book include:

• Interview Preparation Guides provide worksheets for readers preparing both their information-gathering and the employment interviews. These will help readers clarify their thoughts about the interview and identify the major questions to consider for each type of interview.

• Interviewing Exercises are included to help readers work actively with the concepts discussed.

• Interview for Analysis transcripts will enable readers to see in concrete form effective and ineffective interviewing communication.

• Online Help notes identify useful websites for preparation.

• What Would You Do? scenarios will apply interviewing skills to different situations.

• Quotations sprinkled throughout are designed to serve as “pause points,” places where it is useful to stop reading and ponder the implications of the quotation for your own interviewing experiences.