Index

Automated interviewing

equipments, 126–127

short and crisp answers, 127

telephone Interview, 127–128

Behavioral interview, 99–100, 109–112

Body language, 120–121

Business questions

company’s main competitors, 38

organization’s market and share, 37

positioning in market, 35–36

Communication techniques, 27–28

Company information

board makeup and involvement, 31–32

communication techniques, 27–28

core competencies, 24–25

corporate culture, 15–16

corporate heroes/heroines, 47

corporate mission, 11–12

corporate rituals, 26

corporate values, 13–14

crisis plan, 39–40

dress code, 45–46

employee evaluation, 67–70

environment, 44

financial projection, 22–23

gay and transgender workers, 33–34

lay-offs, 73–74

longevity of employee, 77–78

model employee’s characteristics, 49–50

morale boosting, 75

new employee orientation, 65–66

organization’s strengths, 20

organization’s vision, 17–18

organization’s weaknesses, 21

parent-friendly, 64

problem resolution, company process, 41

profit sharing, 58–59

recognition-rich environment, 53–54

retention rate, 55

strategic plan, 19

successful manager, 52

training and staff development, 56–57

unions, 42

value diversity, 29–30

workload and position, 72

workplace flexibility, 62–63

workspaces, 43

Company value diversity, 29–30

Confirmation bias, 116

Corporate communications, 27–28

Corporate culture, 15–16

Corporate mission, 11–12

Corporate rituals, 26

Corporate values, 13–14

COVID-19, work place flexibility, 62–63

Crisis plan, 39–40

Critical thinking, 51

Customer relations, 60

Dell Technologies, 2

Difficult interview questions

criticism, 96

disagreement with boss, 97

greatest accomplishment, 96

greatest weakness, 93–94

job leaving reasons, 95

people hiring, 94–95

salary expectation, 97–98

Dress codes, 45–46

Employee engagement, 75–76

Employee evaluation, 67–70

Employee orientation, 65–66

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG), 13

Final candidate selection process, 80

Financial information, 22

First impressions, 115, 120

For-profit interview, 4

Gain sharing, 58–59

Goal writing system, 67–68

Goal-setting, 68

Healthy community, 69

Human resource (HR) representative, 6–8

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reports, 22

Internet research, 1–2

Interview preparation

for-profit company, 4

human resource (HR), 6–8

internet research, 1–2

not-for-profit organization, 3–4

questions

company information (see Company information)

most important, 6

prioritizing, 5–6

questions fit for, 5

Interviewing process, 86

Job descriptions, 71

Job interview

confident answer, 91

dress for success, 90

good first impression, 90

good interview

body language, 120–121

first impressions, 120

job perfection, 121–122

self-differentiation, 121

storytelling, 120

good story telling, 91

STAR system, 92

thank you letter, 129–130

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), 77

Microsoft position, 35

Mission goal, 69

Mock interviews, 1

behavioral interview, 109–112

company information and employee’s potential, 101–104

confirmation bias, 116

differentiation, 114–115

first impressions, 115

interrogation, 106–107

interviewer and candidate fitness, 104–106

primacy and recency rule, 113–114

recruiters’ trick questions, 107–109

storytelling, 112–113

Negotiation, 82–83

New employee orientation, 65–66

Not-for-profit interview, 3–4

Open communication, 28

Organization support, 61

Organization’s financial projection, 22–23

Organization’s strengths, 20

Organization’s vision, 17–18

Parent-friendly organization, 64

Pareto principle, 24, 55

Physical environment, 44

Primacy and recency rule, 113–114

Problem resolution, company process, 41

Profit sharing, 58–59

Rank and yank system, 131

Recognition-rich environment, 53–54

Retention rate, 55

Ritualistic behavior, 26

Salary and selection process

final candidate selection, 80

fun at work, 84

interviewing skills, 86

negotiable benefit package, 82–83

number of people interviewing, 79

positive visualization, 87

salary range, 81

Salary expectation, 97–98

Salary requirements, 81

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 22

Situation, Task, Action, and Result (STAR) system, 92, 96

Society for Human Resource Management, 81

Storytelling, 112–113

Strategic plan, 19

Strategic thinking and planning, 51

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis, 20

Successful manager, 52

Sustainable investing, 13

Telephone interview, 127–128

Thank you letter, 129–130

Traditional salary range, 81

Training and staff development opportunities, 56–57

Tri-State Healthcare, 117–118

Turnover rate, 55

Valued skills, 51

Video interviewing. See Zoom interview

Vision statement, 17

Workplace flexibility, 62–63

Workspaces, 43

Zoom interview

background depth, 123–124

camera at eye level, 124

command posture, 124

eye contact, 125

face and upper body lighting, 124–125

gesture, 125

limit movement, 124

voice power, 125–126