COMS 301 Lecture 3: october 13

• School: Cal Poly
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMS 301
• Professor: johnpatrick

Document Summary

Disclose: how long they"ve been at the company, their personal connection with the company: self-disclose something about you that is likable. Give information that makes you seem like them relate to them. 3 levels of questions in interviewing level 1: surface level disclosure. How did you find out about the position/ what interested you. Give them something positive to their questions. Give a good sense of tone: level 2: moderate disclosure. Weird questions: sometimes in transition, level 3: intimate disclosure. Sports, about team work and values about a team. If you get to this level, if it"s appropriate and goes well, you are likely getting the job. Open ended questions: something that invites a long, meaningful response, highly open questions invite more in depth answers turns an interview into a conversation. Some questions are primary questions: open the topic and then probe. Neutral questions are better for the interviewee loaded questions: hard to answer, puts people on the defensive.