COMS 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Asthma, Punitive Damages, Glass Ceiling

• School: Ohio University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMS 2040
• Professor: Not Listed

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Question 5: worth 50 points, can type up and bring to class. Build rapport through shaking hands, greetings, and small talk. Don"t not ask highly open questions like tell me about yourself . Highly structured interviews are becoming more common. Highly structured interviews are more reliable but less flexible and adaptable. Initiative: give me an example of when you have resolved conflicts between employees. Adaptability: when faced with intransigence, what did you do, question sequence. Inverted funnel: enables recruiters to test applicants and then switch to a funnel sequence/tunnel sequences with applicants they perceive to be most qualified, asking closed primary questions in the beginning then open-ended probing in the later minutes. Questions about past experiences related to the position. We are experiencing a decline in sales of our traditional products. Actual incidents that are occurring within the organization. If your company suddenly announced the closing of your facility by jan 1, what would you do? o: common question pitfalls.