Interviews, I’ve had a handful of them. They are all different when looking in my past experiences. The ones that stick out are the ones I’ve accepted my jobs in. They were inviting, designed in a structured matter, the manager conducting the interviews described the job duties in length, and expressed predictive validity. Accomplishing my associates degree, the employers accepted this as a true accomplishment and allowing job shadows during the interview or scheduling a time to do so. The best interview that I’ve had recently was in a specialty office that included the leadership manager, department manager, and scheduling lead. It allowed a variety of questions to be asked from all levels of expectations for the role I was interviewing for. It was a pleasure to have no unknown expectations while being offered the job. This week’s materials have given me a good look at how important it is for the interviewer to be prepared and have expectations laid out for the interviewee.

The advice I’d give going back to a couple past employers would include being ready for me during the time they had the interview prepared for. As I arrive 10-15 minutes early, I don’t expect them to be ready for me, but I do expect them to be ready and conduct the interview at the time they invited me in at. I’d also inform them that all of the yes/no questions, obvious questions, and all illegal questions should not be included in the standardized questions during the structured interview.