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.
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Title Page & Credits.
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Introduction: How This Book is Organized
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Chapter 5: Sample Behavioral Interview Questions and Responses View a huge collection of sample
behavioral interview questions with sample excellent responses to each.
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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.
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