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Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC (214) 454-5376; [email protected]
Copyright 2009 Integrated Focus, Inc.All Rights Reserved
A Career Coach's Guide toPractical and Winning Interviewing Techniques
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCCCertified Leadership Coach and Executive
Training [email protected]
214-454-5376www.integratedfocus.com
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC(214) 454-5376; [email protected]
Copyright 2009 Integrated Focus, Inc.All Rights Reserved
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Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC
•Leadership and Business Coach: 6 years •Over 750 hours coaching executives, leaders, managers and high potentials
• Communication skills• Strategic positioning• Interpersonal skills
•Valerie’s 20+ years management experience AT&T and EDS
• Product management, regulatory, global sales
•PCC certified: International Coaching Federation (ICF)•PCC certified: 12 graduate credits; Uni. Texas Dallas (UTD), Grad. Sch Management, Executive & Professional Coaching •Leadership coach for UTD Executive MBA program•MBA in Economics
•Integrated Focus is a Certified Woman Owned Business•Web site: www.integratedfocus.com•Ezine articles about coaching
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC(214) 454-5376; [email protected]
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What is your main purpose during the interview?
• Is to sell yourself• To find out more about the company so that
you can get to the next interview• Move closer to getting the job offer
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC(214) 454-5376; [email protected]
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Three skills the Interviewer is Evaluating
1. Professional skills/technical skills - marketing, leadership, supervisor, accounting
2. Industry skills – banking, telecom, healthcare, etc.
3. Interpersonal skills
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC(214) 454-5376; [email protected]
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What Is the Interviewer Really Trying To Find Out?
1. If you have the ability to do the job2. If you are willing to do what it takes to do
the job3. If you will fit into the company and are
manageable□ Team interview or one-on-one looking for
your reaction to situations
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC(214) 454-5376; [email protected]
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Filter Questions
What is the most uncomfortable question the interviewer can ask you?
□ Prepare answers to questions that you might feel uncomfortable about
□ Why did you switch jobs □ Why did you change industries□ Why did you get laid off□ Who you did not get along with
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC(214) 454-5376; [email protected]
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You Ask Questions
□ How many people are they interviewing□ Where are they in the interview process□ Are you the first or the last□ Why is the job open□ What happened before□ What are their next steps□ When will they contact you
