SSG 5

The most important part of an application letter is the

• action-promoting close
• attention-getting opening
• logical explanation
• summary of qualifications

How should you best respond to interview questions?

• Be enthusiastic, honest, sincere, and state your accomplishments in a specific and positive manner.
• Embellish your achievements and accomplishments to make sure the employer remembers them.
• Say that your achievements and accomplishments are detailed on your resume.
• Use caution when describing what you have accomplished so you will not appear to be bragging on yourself.

Which of the following interview questions is a behavioral question?

• Where do you want to be in the next five years?
• What type of work environment, structured or unstructured, is your most productive work setting?
• You are younger than most people you will supervise. Do you think that is a problem?
• Tell an experience of a time when you faced a major problem in group projects and how have you dealt with it?

When developing an application letter, which of the following should not be added in the opening of the letter?

• The name of your referee who introduced this job to you
• Your knowledge about the position or the company
• Reasons why you find this position interesting
• Your most significant accomplishments

Which questions below that a job applicant should prepare to ask during an interview?

• Please describe the normal routine of this position in a typical day?
• How can I gain promotion?
• When do you expect to make a hiring decision as it is said in the recruitment advertisement that this position is in urgent need?
• How much is the salary?

“I am the first person in my family to complete a Bachelor degree; and now that I have finished my education, I want to give something back to my family by getting a good job with a company like yours. I worked part time while attending school, so I have work experience at food stores. I am a hard worker; I grew up on the farm and could drive any kind of machinery.” This part of an application letter to software developer position is not effective because

• It uses impersonal salutation.
• It does not relate to the company needs.
• It conveys negative tones.
• It provides the family background of the applicant.

In a job interview, which of the following answers is most appropriate to answer the question “Are you planning a family in the near future?”

• I suppose everyone has a family plan in their own way. What will be will be!
• May I not answer this over personal question?
• As an active person in the young generation, I am quite open to this issue, I am working hard to support my parents first, and then I gaining a high social status for my future children.
• Currently I am focused on my career. Although having a family is always a possibility, it is not a priority at the moment.

Examples of communication challenges in a global environment are

• Not understanding cultural differences
• Differences in time
• Words that have different meanings and connotations and different language
• Differences in calling each other by first name or family name

Which of the following is NOT a requirement of a valid contract?

• Written on a contract form
• Competency of parties
• Offer and acceptance
• Legal subject matter

When being asked “please tell us your strengths?” in a job interview, what should you focus on in your answer?

• Tell about your academic awards, your successful school projects.
• Tell about your two key personal qualifications.
• Tell your work-related accomplishments, mention how your previous supervisor or manager have pleased with your work performance.
• Tell about your skills and knowledge and explain how they satisfy the job requirements.