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You Have the Interview

You Have the Interview. Don’t Flub It. You Have The Interview. Internet—April 13, 2005 Adapted by Dr. Harold L. Smith. A weak handshake . Your handshake means a lot about you. Strong, firm handshake. Limp, weak, hesitant—tells interviewer that you are unsure of yourself. No Eye Contact .

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You Have the Interview

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  1. You Have the Interview Don’t Flub It

  2. You Have The Interview • Internet—April 13, 2005 • Adapted by Dr. Harold L. Smith

  3. A weak handshake • Your handshake means a lot about you. • Strong, firm handshake. • Limp, weak, hesitant—tells interviewer that you are unsure of yourself.

  4. No Eye Contact • Look your interviewer in the eyes • No eye contact=lack of confidence, uninterested • Look your interviewer in the third eye if more comfortable • Third Eye? Space between the eyes.

  5. Answer Overkill • Important points will be lost if you talk too much. • Keep your answers focused and on topic. • Limit your responses to a couple of minutes. • You don’t want to bore the interviewer

  6. One-Word Answers • Too much talking will turn your interviewer off. One word answers will do the same. • An interview is a conversation • Be able to elaborate and answer questions intelligently. • One word responses indicate lack of confidence, lack of interest or conceded.

  7. Interrupting the Interviewer • Nobody wants to be interrupted • Interrupting the interviewer what you have to say is more important than what they are saying.

  8. Candidate Misrepresentation • No padded resumes • Be able to back up your resume • Be able to back up your comments about experience • Don’t claim to be a perfectionist if there are typos or spelling errors on your resume • Demonstrate that you have enough credibility to get the job done.

  9. Arriving Late • What can be said? • Late=I am not interested in the position. • Late=My time is more important than your time. • Arrange to arrive early • Have a phone contact if you run into trouble. • Call if you will be late.

  10. Knowing Nothing about the School • Study the AEIS, AYP reports • Study the Campus Improvement Plan • Be able to discuss the desired areas of growth for the campus • If you know nothing about the school, it will appear you are not really interested.

  11. Ultra-Causal Conversation • Interview is a professional situation • Leave slang at home—”you know, um, like, sucks” • Answer questions in an acceptable language • Don’t be sucked in by the interviewers slang

  12. You Have the Position • Ways to loose a job • Not support your supervisor • Publicly challenge your supervisor • Publicly challenge the board of trustees • Go over the head of the supervisor • Divide the staff

  13. You Have the Position • Be late with reports • Incomplete reports • Reports that are messy • Poor grammar, poor spelling, poor sentence structure • Talk negatively about another campus, teacher, community.

  14. You Have the Position • Assume supervisor did not take proper action. • A staff member does not follow the staff expectations. Your job is to make your supervisor aware of the problem. Your supervisor may take action that you do not know about.

  15. You Have the Position • You become aware of the problem. Tell your supervisor of the problem. You may ask the supervisor if he/she would like for you to address the problem. • Have in mind 2-3 actions you have if mind if the supervisor says you are to handle the problem.

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