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Think ahead. Go further.

Iviwig o Sss

Wh’s h ppos o iviw?

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An opportnity to tell relevnt, pertinent torie ot yorel• A wy to nd ot ore ot opny’ orporte ltre, the pei

 jo opening, nd whether or not it i good t or yo

In other word, n interview i tl exerie in deterining optiility

etween yo nd potentil eployer.

Smp iviw qsios

or detiled lit o interview qetion, plee viit www.ubc.ca/okanagan/students/careers/student/resources.

G qsios

Tell e ot yorel.

Whih three word derie yo the et?

Wht wold yo ot wnt to hnge

ot yorel?

Hve yo ever hd ny ilre? Wht did

yo lern?

O whih three oplihent re yo

ot prod?

Do yo hve ny qetion or ?

Wok xpi, skis, d qifios

Wht re yor trength? Weknee?

Wht w the et/wort prt ot yor

lt jo?

Why did yo leve yor lt jo?

Wht type o perviion did yo reeive in

yor lt jo?

Wht otivte yo to do good jo?

Wht did yo hieve in yor lt jo?

Wht pet o yor work perorne

wold yo like to iprove?

Do yo preer to work nder perviion or

on yor own?

dio d iig

How h yor edtion prepred yo or

thi poition?

Why did yo hooe to tdy _____?

Wht w the wort prt o yor experiene

t ubc?

• Wht were the igget prole yo

enontered in niverity? How did yohndle the?

• Wht i the ot iportnt thing yo lerned

ro yor niverity progr?

• Do yo pln to retrn to hool or rther

edtion?

• To wht extent hve yo een involved in

extr-rrilr tivitie?

• Derie yor opter experiene.

Jo d

• Wht do yo ee yorel doing next yer?

In ve yer?

• How doe thi jo t into yor reer pln?

• Wht hllenge re yo looking or?

• Why did yo pply to thi jo?

• Wht do yo know ot thi jo/opny/ 

indtry?

• Wht re yor lry expettion?

• Wold yo relote to dvne yor reer?

• Why hold we hire yo?

Sss d pss

• How do yo hndle tre?

• Cold yo tell ot tie when yo hd

to oplete jo nder prere?

• Derie high-prere ittion yo hd

to hndle t work or hool. Tell e wht

hppened, who w involved, nd wht yo

did in ter o prole olving.

• Yo re opy editor t lol plihing

hoe. It i 4:28 p on Wednedy. Yor vy pervior i leving t 4:45 p to

ight to Toronto. Dring her ight, he p

to review the hpter yo hve een editin

Yo hve nothing to give her ee yor

hrd drive jt rhed nd yor kp th

drive i ontinted. Yor ofe’ tehni

pport peron i wy t onerene n

the end o the week. Wht do yo do?

Us qsios

Copnie y k thee qetion to ee h

yo wold hndle oething nexpeted. Yo

repone y deontrte pet o yor

onlity nd yor thoght proe.

• I yo were vegetle, wht wold yo

nd why?

• I yo were r, wht wold yo e, nd

• I yo were n nil, wht wold yo e,

nd why?

• How ny r re there in the usa?

(Miroot h ked thi!)

• How ny window re there in Vnove

• How re m&m de?

• Why re nhole over rond?

• Wht i yor vorite deert?

Wh do mpos w o kow

• Cn yo do the jo?

• Will yo do the jo?

• Will yo t in?

• Are yo geninely intereted in the

 jo/opny?

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Creer Centre

Okngn

Univerity Centre 207

3333 Univerity Wy

Kelown BC V1V 1V7

www.ubc.ca/okanagan/students/careers

Iviwig o Sss

g qsios

Under the Eployent Stndrd At o bc,

etion pertining to ge, re, netry, reli-

ion, olor, ex, ritl tt, phyil/entl

iility, ple o origin, politil elie, ily

tt, nd exl orienttion re illegl (nle

hey re diretly relted to the poition). Below

re ix exple o h qetion.

Are yo plnning to hve ily?

I “Brye” Eropen ne?

Do yo ind i I k yo peronl qetion –

why ren’t yo rried?

Wold yo y tht yo’re generlly helthy?

How re yo plnning to vote in the eletion?

Hve yo ever ied work relt o

tre?

top iviw misks

1. Lk o pop ppio. Filre to gther inortion on the opny nd the jo

eore the interview ke poor ipreion on reriter, nd gget tht yo re

not relly tht intereted in the poition.

2. Ippopi pso pp. Conider the ntre o the poition oght nd

dre ordingly. When in dot, dre oewht ore orlly thn yo think wolde expeted or the jo. Be onervtive nd detil-oriented (polihed hoe, net hir,

non-overpowering ologne or pere, et.) Firt ipreion re very iportnt.

3. Poo o-v ommiio. In ddition to wht yo y, yor non-verl ehvio

i very iportnt in n interview. Are yo king eye ontt? Are yo litening intently

when the interviewer i peking? Do yo give r hndhke? Are yo dgeting?

Prtie with riend or in ront o irror to e thee tor.

4. Poo id. Overering or el-entred ehvior ( “wht’ in it or e” ttitde)

i very poorly reeived. Ak yorel wht n yo ontrite to the opny: wht kill

nd experiene wold yo ring to the jo?

5. Ov- o d-swig qsios. For ot interview qetion, “ye” or “no”

nwer i not pproprite. Provide ore detil nd ite exple ro peronlexperiene whenever poile. Do not, however, tlk endlely. I yo do not ndertnd

qetion, eek lrition eore reponding.

6. Fi o sk qsios. Eployer will e yor interet in the opny nd the

poition y the type o qetion yo k. Proper reerh prior to the interview will he

enre tht the qetion yo k re intelligent one.

7. Disogizio. Mke re yo rrive ew inte erly o tht yo hve tie to get

opoed nd hek yor pperne. Arriving lte i iply neptle, o pln or

the nexpeted. Alwy ring n extr opy o yor reé nd reerene.

8. xggio o diss. Do not exggerte yor experiene or kill when

nwering interview qetion. Reeer tht eployer y ollow p on yor

ertion dring reerene hek, o lwy nwer honetly.

9. xssiv xi. Interview tend to inde oe nxiety in everyone, t or oe,

it n erioly nderine perorne. Eployer nnot nd will not ttrite poor

nwer entirely to yor nxiety. They lo do not hve the enet o knowing yo otid

o the interview ittion. To deree nxiety, the ingle et thing yo n do i prti

Ak riend or ily to help.

10. Fi o sd hk-o o o d oowig h iviw. Tke the tie to end

thnk-yo rd. Thi ll getre n ke ignint ipt on n eployer. Not

only doe it deontrte yor inere interet in the poition, t it lo help ditingi

yo ro other interview ndidte.

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