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Interviewing


Prepare for your next interview! Schedule a mock interview with a Career Education Counselor. The Counselors will simulate a real interview setting, ask questions, and assist you in formulating the best answers.

Career Education Center - Interviewing Skills Handout
Excellent tip sheet on interviewing skills.
http://my.simmons.edu/services/cec/docs/interviewing-skills.pdf

Career Education Center - Informational Interview Handout
Excellent tip sheet on the informational interview.
http://my.simmons.edu/services/cec/docs/information.pdf

Successful Interviewing  
A detailed outline of the interview process, covering types of interviews, stages of the interview, and how to prepare. 
http://www.dac.neu.edu/coop.careerservices/interview.html

Interviewing: Beware Blogging Blunders
Human resources departments have interviewed lots of job candidates recently, and they’ve seen plenty of the usual application missteps: cover letters with typos, etc. Now, blogging blunders are revealing more than any candidate could possibly want them to know. Written for library job seekers, but applicable to everyone.
http://www.libraryjournal.com/
index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA242269

 

Articles

Job Interview Pointers.
Thad Peterson
Monster.com
This article will provide you with a few simple tips on how to better perform on a job interview.
http://featuredreports.monster.com/firstimpression/interviewinsights/

The 4 P's of Interviewing
Thad Peterson
Monster.com
Here are the secrets of interviewing boiled down to 4 key concepts; Preparation, Practice, Personal presentation, and Pertinent questions.
http://interview.monster.com/articles/recruiterQA/

Random Interview Question Generator
Monster.com
As the titles describes, this page will provide you, in random order, questions you might be faced with during an interview.
http://tools.monster.com/virtualinterviews/random/

Job Interviewing: Getting Down to Basics
Dawn Rosenberg McKay
Career Planning
This four part article will walk you through the various steps involved in a job interview, including descriptions on the various types of interviews, and preparing for the interview, as well as advice on succeeding and appropriate follow-ups.
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/jobinterviews/a/job_interview.htm

Available Books

Kador, John
201 best questions to ask on your interview / John Kador.
New York McGraw-Hill, c 2002

Fein, Richard, 1946-
111 dynamite ways to ace your job interview / Richard Fein
Manassas Park, VA : Impact Publications, c 1997

Falcone, Paul
96 great interview questions to ask before you hire / Paul Falcone.
New York : AMACOM, c 1997

Washington, Tom, 1949-
Interview power : selling yourself face to face / Tom Washington
Bellevue, Wash : Mount Vernon Press, c 2004

Moreira, Paula
Ace the IT job interview! / Paula Moreira
Berkeley, Calif, U.S.A. : Osborne/McGraw-Hill, c 2002

Krannich, Caryl Rae
Job interview tips for people with not-so-hot backgrounds: how to put reg flags behind you to win the job / Caryl Rae Krannich, Ronald L. Krannich.
Manassas Park, Va. : Impact Publications, c 2004

Get your foot in the door! [electronic resource] : the WetFeet insider guide to landing the job interview / WetFeet
San Francisco, CA : WetFeet, 2003
http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.simmons.edu/lib/simmons/Doc?id=10048775

DeLuca, Matthew J.
More best answers to the 201 most frequently asked interview questions [ electronic resource] / Matthew J. DeLuca, Nanette F. DeLuca.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c 2001
http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.simmons.edu/lib/simmons/Doc?id=5004722

Kador, John
How to ace the brainteaser interview [electronic resource] / John Kador
New York :McGraw-Hill, c2005
http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.simmons.edu/lib/simmons/Doc?id=10070051

Kador, John
The manager's book of questions [electronic resource] : 751 great interview questions for hiring the best person / John Kador
New York : McGraw Hill, c 1997
http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.simmons.edu/lib/simmons/Doc?id=5001810

Berk, Diane
Preparing for your interview [electronic resource] : getting the job you want / Diana Berk
Los Altos, Calif : Crisp, 1990
http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.simmons.edu/lib/simmons/Doc?id=10058816

Adams job interview almanac / [editors of Adam Media].
Avon, Mass.: Adams Media, c 2005

Martin, Carole
Perfect phrases for the perfect interview / Carole Martin
New York, McGraw-Hill, c2005

Enelow, Wendy S.
The $100,000 + job interview / Wendy S. Enelow
Manassas Park, Va. ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Distributor, National Book Network, c2005

Gottesman, Deb
The Interview rehearsal book : 7 steps to job-winning interviews using acting skills you never knew you had / Deb Gottesman and Buzz Mauro
New York : Berkeley Books, c1999

Kessler, Robin, 1955-
Competency-based interview / by Robin Kessler
Franklin Lakes, NJ : Career Press, 2006

Enelow, Wendy S.
Winning interviews for $100,000+ jobs [electronic resource] / Wendy Enelow.
Manassas Park, Va. : Impact, 1999
http://0-www.netlibrary.com.library.simmons.edu/Details.aspx

Moreira, Paula
Ace the IT interview! [electronic resource] / Paula Moreira.
New York : Osborne / McGraw-Hill, c2002
http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.simmons.edu/lib/simmons/Doc?id=10043901

Fry, Ronald W.
Ask the right questions [electronic resource] / by Ron Fry.
Franklin Lakes, NJ : Career Press, c2000
http://0-www.netlibrary.com.library.simmons.edu/Details.aspx

Fry, Ronald W.
101 great answers to the toughest interview questions [electronic resource] / by Ron Fry.
Franklin Lakes, NJ : Career Press, 2000
http://0-www.netlibrary.com.library.simmons.edu/Details.aspx

Krannich, Caryl Rae
Savvy interviewing [electronic resource] : the nonverbal advantage / Caryl Rae Krannich, Ronald L. Krannich.
Manassas Park, Va. : Impact, 1999
http://0-www.netlibrary.com.library.simmons.edu/Details.aspx

Krannich, Caryl Rae
101 dynamite answers to interview questions [electronic resource] : sell your strengths! / Caryl Rae Krannish, Ronald L. Krannich.
Manassas Park, Va : Impact Publications, c1999
http://0-www.netlibrary.com.library.simmons.edu/Details.aspx

Kador, John
201 best questions to ask on your interview [electronic resource] / John Kador.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2002
http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.simmons.edu/lib/simmons/Doc?id=10002059

See Also

Informational Interviewing

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