Job Interviews: Way for Students to Know Own Strengths and Weaknesses

Keywords: Instructional Strategies, General Information, College

Description:
Job Interview:

1. Before Interview have a good grasp of your own strengths and weaknesses
2. Be able to present these to the interviewer

Possiable questions to be ready to answer for a prospective employer:

• What are your strenghts and weaknesses?
• Organizational Skills?
  • Dealing with several levels or groups at one time?
  • Ability to work and get along with others?
• What is your familarity with general education curriculum &/or special curriculum?
  • Ability to adapt materials to fit the nees of the students.
• Where did you do you student teaching?
  • Tell about some of you experiences and what it prepared you for.
• What is your favorite level and/or model?
• Tell about your philosophy of working with deaf and hard-of hearing children.
• What is your experience with diagnostics? What can you do with the results?
• Sign language skills, if needed in position for interview?
• Given a "sticky" sityation, how would you deal with the parents?
• how would you establish rapport with the regular classroom teachers within your school or schools?
• If you were observing a child with a hearing impairment in a regular classroom to determine his needs, what would you look for?

Reference:
Kathie McKenzie
Coordinator, Spartanburg Co. HI Program
195 Burdette St.
Spartanburg, SC 29307
E-mail: MCCARTHYT@INFOAVE.NET

Insight: (Why is this important?)
Employers like to know what the prospective employee's strengths and weaknesses are before hiring that person.

Submitted By:
Sam Gosuk
Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
Converse College
Spartanburg, SC 29302
(864) 596-9080 (V/TTY)
(864) 596-9526 (Fax)

Uploaded By: Jodi Gray/KSU/Deaf Education Major