Title: Participate in a mock interview.
Course: Strategic Marketing (12152) > Section: Developing a Career

Participation should include

- preparing for an interview
  - researching the job/company
  - tailoring interview techniques to a variety of companies
  - contacting the company
  - anticipating and practicing responses to interview questions (individual, panel, and group interviews)
  - preparing questions to ask
- conducting oneself properly during an interview
  - ensuring a professional appearance
  - arriving on time
  - exhibiting courtesy, proper language and grammar, and appropriate body language
- following up in a courteous and timely fashion.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can researching the company prior to the interview aid a person during the interview?
- How should one prepare for a phone interview? A video interview? A panel interview?
- What part does a job description play in interview preparation?
- How might interview clothing differ from one company to another? How can a person determine what clothing would be appropriate for a particular interview?
- How can body language make or break an interview?
- What are typical questions asked by employers in an interview?
- Why is it important to practice your response to typical interview questions?
- How should you reply to an inappropriate or illegal interview question?
- How does a person modify his or her interview techniques based on the needs of the potential employer?
- How can past work experience help prepare a person for an interview?
- What types of questions should an applicant ask at an interview? What types of questions should an applicant refrain from asking?
- Why is it important to go to an interview alone?