In: Operations Management
Interviewing Critique:
While in an interview, Tom was asked to describe his professional experience with his current and previous employers. During his descriptions, Tom occasionally included a few negative comments about his current and previous employers. How can negative comments impact a job interview? Your response should be at least 50 words.
There is a right and wrong way to respond to yes-or-no questions during an interview. During an interview, how would you respond to the following question: Have you ever worked for a company that generates revenue through e-commerce? Your response should be at least 50 words.
This question involves closing an interview. Near or at the end of an interview, you may be asked if you have any questions. Not responding may imply you are not interested, and a probing question about the company may imply you did not research the company. For this essay, respond to the importance of closing the interview on a positive note and share an example of a closing interview statement (your personal commercial). Your response must be at least 250 words in length.
Answer:- As during the interview, some negative comments are being used by Tim, this can have a devastating effect on the interview. In fact, no one should use negative comments about the present ob or the previous employers during the interview. The candidate should not focus on putting blames on the correct and incorrect things related to a negative workplace circumstance. In fact, the focus should be on expressing his or her learning during the tenure while working in the organization.
Answer:- Well I do not have any work experience with an organization involved in e-commerce activities. In fact, in order to revert to this question, I would focus on explaining how the organization where I worked used different methods of generating revenues. In fact, I can focus on explaining how my job responsibilities helped the organization to earn greater revenues. I would try to avoid replying the question by simply stating YES or NO to any interview question.
Answer:- In fact, each interview ends up by asking the interviewee if he or she has any question to ask. If the candidate does not ask anything in response to this question, this will indicate the employer that the candidate has no interest in the company or he or she did not conduct the required research about the firm. It is very significant to have the interview closing on a positive note.
If this question was asked to me, I would definitely reply to this. The first things which I would have asked in about the organization. It could be related to the profit generation, sales figures, recent news related to the organization or expansion plan of the organization in near future.
Apart from this, I can in fact, ask the interviewer about what thinks he like most in the organization. This can be seen as a great question as there will be some interviewers who will like to respond this question in detail.
In the end, I would like to ask about the next stage of the selection process. This is quite important as it will indicate that the candidate is having interest in joining the organization. This will also show that the candidate is quite confident and has the eagerness to be the part of the organization. I would love to close the interview with a warm handshake, with thank you having a good smile and greet everyone on the panel and take the exit on a high note. I will write a mail after returning to home in which I would extend my thanks to the interview panel.