The Quintessential Guide to Behavioral Interviewing

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The Quintessential Guide to Behavioral Interviewing

The Quintessential Guide to Behavioral Interviewing

ISBN-10: 1-934689-03-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-934689-03-5

The Quintessential Guide to Behavioral Interviewing is like attending boot camp for intensively learning about and preparing for this popular form of job-interviewing. You'll learn the premise behind behavioral interviewing -- why employers like to use them. You'll discover how to identify the skills and behaviors that employers are targeting with with behavioral questions. Though these interviews are said to be difficult to prepare for (because of the vast variety of questions that can be asked), you'll find solid techniques and guidelines for getting up to speed. Learn the various formulas that experts advise for preparing for behavior-based interviews. Best of all, get a feel for what behavioral questions are like -- and terrific ways to respond to them -- through a huge collection of questions and sample responses. Finally, get a refresher lesson in effective strategies for any kind of interview in an interview checklist.

Reading Options: This book is available in three formats. The first format is a free Web version, and all you need to do to read the book is follow the links below. The second format is a nicely formated PDF version of the book, which is currently available for $9.95 by clicking on this Google Wallet button:

The third option is a Kindle version, which is available here: The Guide to Behavioral Interviewing.

Title Page & Credits. Read Title Page now.

Introduction: How This Book is Organized. Read the Introduction now.

Chapter 1: The Premise Behind Behavioral Interviewing. What is a behavioral interview? Why do employers use them? Learn the reasons behind this increasingly popular interview technique. Read Chapter 1 now.

Chapter 2: Skills Employers Target in Behavioral Interviews. Review the skills that employers commonly seek when they conduct behavioral interviews and find out how to identify the skills that will be targeted for a specific job. Read Chapter 2 now.

Chapter 3: Guidelines for Preparing for Behavioral Interviews. The common folklore is that behavioral interviews are very difficult to prepare for, and there's some truth to that, but some simple guidelines can help you get ready. Read Chapter 3 now.

Chapter 4: Strategies for Formulating Behavioral Interview Response Stories. Career experts offer an alphabet soup of acronym-based formulas for behavioral interview responses. See the formulas and examples of each. Read Chapter 4 now.

Chapter 5: Sample Behavioral Interview Questions and Responses View a huge collection of sample behavioral interview questions with sample excellent responses to each. Read Chapter 5 now.

Chapter 6: Quick Refresher on Guidelines for All Types of Interviews. Once you've nailed behavioral interviewing, you still need to remember all the other strategies for successful interviewing. See a quick checklist here. Read Chapter 6 now.

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