Basic Interviewing @ 10/29/09

Time and Location: Room 1-107 Multipurpose Room at 12:50 – 2:20

As the title says, this workshop was about basic interviewing skills. The lady speaker began explaining a lot of things that we should all know about interviews. She spoke about resumes and explained what should be listed on them for certain jobs. She also explained how to search for jobs and companies.

The speaker mentioned that companies like to research their applicants. She mentioned that Facebook should be filtered and we should be careful of what we put on them. Companies search for applicants on Google and find things on Myspace, Face Book, Twitter and other sites that we may have forgotten about. However, information on oneself still lingers in the internet and we should Google ourselves to see what kind of negative or unprofessional things may be shown. Such examples may be inappropriate pictures from a party or vulgar comments sent to close friends.

This was really important because I realized I should not be so open on the internet. Once I got home, I immediately Googled myself and logged onto Facebook. I couldn’t find any bad things about me or any comments I left. As for my Facebook, I immediately filtered my privacy so only friends can see my comments, pictures  and videos. Although it would be bad if a company decided to add me then they might see any vulgar comments.

Another thing the speaker mentioned for interviews was that the interview itself starts the moment you enter the building of the company you’re trying to get employed in. She gave an anecdote saying that she was casually talking to a lady in the bathroom and later when she had the interview it was the same person. Therefore, the lesson of that story was to be wary of who you speak to once you’re inside the company building.

Overall, this workshop was very useful.