COMS 2040 Lecture 7: Interviewing Test Review

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

Document Summary

Individuals participate in interviews on a daily basis. Types of interviews: information giving, information gathering, focus groups, selection interview, performance review, counseling, persuasion. Identification: how other people see you, how you interpret the audience perceptions of yourself, effects interviewing by the interviewer judging you based on how you act/look while the interviewee maybe trying to find his/her place. Easy to learn, takes less time, enables you to maintain control and is easy to replicate: nondirective approach. Greater flexibility and adaptability, encourages probing questions, and invites the interviewee to volunteer information. Facework: impressions of others, the way you act in certain settings, during an interview one may put on a face that is professional. Social constructionist: to understand questions in different ways the is socially acceptable. Various levels of interview interactions: level 1. Relatively safe, nonthreatening exchanges about such topics as hometowns, profession, sporting events, college courses, and families. Relational distance is the largest: level 2.