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WorksheetsAfter The Interview
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Be responsible for all of your employment
correspondence
DO
DON'T
Write and send a thank you letter or email
immediately after the interview
DO
DON'T
Include current contact information in the note
DO
DON'T
Proofread all correspondence carefully
DO
DON'T
Follow up with a call or email if you have not
heard back from the company within a few weeks
DO
DON'T
Research average salary, benefits, and working
conditions for similar positions and experience
levels in your geographic area
DO
DON'T
Be willing to negotiate for better employment
terms, especially if you have solid justification
DO
DON'T
Submit your resignation and provide at least two
weeks notice to your current employer (If you receive and accept a job offer)
DO
DON'T
Have a friend, relative, or teacher communicate with a
potential employer on your behalf
DO
DON'T
Text your thanks unless the interviewer clearly indicated
this as his or her preferred method of communication
DO
DON'T
Make it difficult for someone to contact you
DO
DON'T
Let spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, or
content errors make you look careless or unprofessional
DO
DON'T
Pester the interviewer with multiple calls or emails
DO
DON'T
Be taken advantage of because you are unaware of
your state’s minimum wage or labor laws
DO
DON'T
Make unrealistic or vague requests
DO
DON'T
Burn bridges with your potential or former employer
DO
DON'T
The best way to send a post-interview
thank you note is by text.
TRUE
FALSE
Include your contact information in
the thank you note.
TRUE
FALSE
When negotiating a salary, be specific
rather than just requesting “more.”
TRUE
FALSE
All companies are willing to negotiate
salaries, bonuses, and work schedules.
TRUE
FALSE
Companies will take you more seriously
if your parent does the communication.
TRUE
FALSE
Texting is a formal method of business
communication.
TRUE
FALSE
Proofread all correspondence you send
to a potential employer.
TRUE
FALSE
Omar interviewed for a position at a tax preparation
company. When should he send a thank you note to
the interviewer?
A day or two after the interview
A few weeks after the interview
After he receives the job offer
Before he starts negotiating his salary
Mia is switching jobs. Which is a reasonable amount
of notice to give her employer when she resigns?
1 day
2 days
2 weeks
2 months
Juanita interviewed with a bank three weeks ago.
What should she do now?
Juanita should call the interviewer’s supervisor.
Juanita should call or email the interviewer.
Juanita’s mom should call the company.
Juanita should visit the company and demand
an explanation.
Kyra received an entry-level job offer from a clothing
store. She feels the initial salary offer is too low.
What is the first thing she should do?
Decline the job offer.
Request a 35% increase in salary.
Agree to the salary and hope she will get a raise
if she performs well.
Research the starting salaries for this position
in her geographic area.
A metal fabrication shop offered Marcus a job.
Before accepting it, which of the following
employment terms should Marcus understand?
Salary
Health benefits
Work schedule and expectations
All of the above
