Students better be on their best behavior: How to prepare for the most common job interviewing technique

Helping University Students Succeed at Employment Interviews: The Role of Self-Reflection in e-Portfolios

“…Behavioral interviewers use lines of questioning that encourage candidates to reflect on key learning experiences and to give specific examples of how they have demonstrated a relevant skill set, or dealt with challenges. For instance, interviewees may be asked to describe a time when they demonstrated excellent leadership ability, or how they managed conflict with a co-worker (Browning & Cunningham, 2012;Cook, 2013 To address such questions effectively, recent graduates need to draw on learning experiences that they deem significant, and that are related to the behavioral question being asked. In addition, they need to communicate their answers to such questions in such a way as to clearly demonstrate that they do possess the skill in question.…”

Establishing an Interview Anxiety Baseline: Assessing Applicants’ Readiness

“…A key component of the interview process is communicating with the recruiters, and this is oftentimes difficult if the applicant lacks the skills, abilities, or confidence. Therefore, some faculty members have incorporated job interviewing skills and other business foundational skills into the curriculum (Browning & Cunningham, 2012; Hollandsworth, Dressel, & Stevens, 1977; Joyce, 2008), such as résumés and cover letter writing (Randazzo, 2012). Other assignments have been designed to facilitate literacy through informational interviews (Decarie, 2010) and teach students to create job reference lists and network effectively (Muir, 2009).…”

“…In addition to assignments being integrated in the academic curriculum, some instructors have also integrated entire teaching modules to help students address their concerns related to job interviews. The various modules focus on topics related to job descriptions, storytelling, and mock job interviews, including debriefings (Browning & Cunningham, 2012; Litchfield, 2008; Ralston et al, 2003). Litchfield (2008) shared a behavioral technique to respond to interview questions titled STAR (situation, task, action, and result).…”

“…Thus, teaching modules may consider the use of the STAR technique to engage in storytelling and the use of interview simulations to introduce more speaking assignments into their courses. Browning and Cunningham (2012) reported a class assignment where students created job descriptions and then were paired with other students to interview each other (peer interviews). The students were encouraged to use the STAR format when responding to behavioral questions.…”

Video-Based Intervention to Improve Storytelling Ability in Job Interviews for College Students With Autism

“…One type of interview question increasingly used to assess candidates' competence is the Patterned Behavior Description Interview (PBDI) question (Bangerter et al, 2014; U.S. Department of Education, 2015). PBDI questions were developed based on the assumption that past behavior predicts future behavior (Janz, 1982); hence, they focus on the candidate's past behavior (Browning & Cunningham, 2012;Cook, 2013). When answering PBDI questions, candidates are required to tell a story from their personal or professional lives to demonstrate their 961853C DEXXX10.…”