Make It and Take It

EXPLORING THE INTERNET
FOR CONVERSATION IDEAS
Activity Two
TITLE: Job Interview and Hiring Decision
LEVEL: High Beginning - Advanced
TIME: Teacher preparation time - 30 minutes for interview guide
           Start preparing the class for the activity 1 week in advance.
           Class activity - 60 to 90 minutes
FOCUS: Speaking and listening
OBJECTIVES: To speak clearly and fluently
To listen and question for understanding
To understand interview process

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT:

Teacher made interview guide - (use word processing program to prepare).
Paper and pencil
DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING INTERVIEW GUIDE: Use a table to create a guide. In the first column, list possible interview questions appropriate to the level of your students. Leave blanks at the bottom for students to add their own questions. Prepare enough columns for the number of people who will interview for a given job. See the following sample.
There are many materials with possible interview questions see the following web pages for ideas.
  http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/interview.html
  http://little.nhlink.net/nhlink/employme/frequent.htm
  http://content.monster.com/jobinfo/interview/questions/genques/
  http://www.careerbuilder.com/gh_int_htg_questions.html

 


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