Part 2: Interviewee Packet (4 pages – see what should on each of the 4 pages below)
Part 2 of the interview assignment (see below). Part 2 is due by Week 8. Please review instructions
and the rubric (both attached on pages 4-8) before submitting your assignment for maximum points.
Also, please note that Part 2 should be submitted in single-spaced format (Not APA) as instructed.
Page 1: Job Title/Company and Description
Page 1 should include the full job title and company, along with the requirements of the job including
job qualifications required, tasks expected, etc.
Please note that this should be the same posting as Part 1 and can be copy/pasted from Project Part 1.
Also, make sure that the fonts match up and all the information fits on one page.
Page 2: Job-Self Matching Inventory
Select each major job requirement and against it note your own qualifications, past work experience,
past internship experience, past volunteer experience, past training etc. that may fulfill the
requirement. Complete a table to fulfill the requirements that the employer is seeking. Your table
should include 8-12 requirements.
Example Table:
Job Requirement
Write press releases
Work in teams
Self Qualification
Was editor for college newspaper
Completed course in Public Relations
Part of athletic teams
Managed crew at landscape company
Page 3: Cover Letter
You do not need to label this page, instead treat it as an actual letter. Starting with the example on
MTSU Career Services website http://www.mtsu.edu/career/resource-resumewriting.php, include your
name, address, and email/phone on the top as if it were printed letterhead, followed by two returns,
the date (formatting example: January 1, 2023), and two more returns.
Parts to include:
• Your name and complete contact information
• Date
• Company official being addressed, including this person’s position, company name, and company’s
snail address
• Salutation – formally written (e.g., Dear Ms. Jones:)
• Introductory paragraph identifying which job you are applying for and where you located the
advertisement, and a brief presentation of yourself.
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Two to three paragraphs making clear links between the job requirements and your own
qualifications and skills. Provide specific examples as proof of your skills. And always take the
perspective of the recruiter. Remember to have the focus of what you can do for them! Ask
yourself whether a piece of information that you share will be important to the reader and why.
Therefore, it is important to make connections between your strengths and the job requirements.
Refer to the information from the Job-Self Matching Inventory Table you completed for this.
A small paragraph indicating why you would like to work for that particular company.
A concluding paragraph indicating reference to interview, how to contact you, and thanking the
reader.
These are very basic requirements, but please read through the examples on the MTSU Career Services
website to see varieties of good cover letter examples. The cover letter while following some standard
requirements should be a unique piece of writing reflecting you.
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Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice and flow are vital.
Recruiters have been known to cast aside a candidate’s application when spotting minor errors.
Your cover letter and resume can help you stand out from a pool of applicants if they are
written with clarity and sincerity.
Page 4: Resume
You do not need to label this page, just treat it as an actual resume. Use the resume you revised after
our meeting.
A few key points:
• All education, work experience, additional qualifications must be listed in reverse chronological
order, i.e. starting with most recent and working backwards.
• Your resume should list education first, and then employment information.
• A resume is typically a one-page document – depending on your experience you will have more or
less information in your resume.
• By working with font sizes, types, bullets, bold, underline, italics, margins, spacing, columns, you
can create unique, yet professional and neat resume formats that will allow you to fit even a large
quantity of information on one page.
• Visual formatting is as important as content for a resume, because recruiters typically spend less
than a minute browsing through a resume during the first sifting stage. If your resume stands out at
this stage, it will receive more attention later. Therefore, the key information must be noticeable.
White space between items will also make the resume more appealing to the eye.
• Please be honest in reporting your education, work and other qualifications. The only exception is
that you can pretend you have just graduated and include your bachelor’s degree on the resume if
the job requires one.
• Be sure to list the responsibilities you held at previous jobs in ways that matter to the job you are
applying for. What will help you do this are Action Verbs. Finally remember to use past tense when
describing previous jobs, while using present tense for your current jobs.
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Do NOT include information on references in this assignment. Avoid stating “References Available
Upon Request” as it is assumed you will be able to do this, so you do not need to use the space to
write this.
Do NOT include your high school information on this resume, but make sure that you include your
information on your college. You can also state your major and your anticipated graduation date.
Example: Anticipated Graduation 2023.
Submitting the Interview Part 2 Assignment (2 documents to Interview Project
Part 2 Dropbox):
Create one Word document with the job posting information, company research, job-self matching
inventory, and cover letter, and resume. Upload the document to the Week 7 Dropbox.
Then submit a second copy of the packet that is free of your name and email throughout, so the
interviewer does not know it belongs to you. Name the Word document “Interview Part1 Anonymous.”
This anonymous copy will be shared with your interviewer. Please review the grading rubric below
before submitting your assignment for maximum points.
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Part 2: Interview Project
Interviewee Packet
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Page 1: Job Title/Company and Description (5 points)
Possible
Points
Received
Identified full job title and company name, job qualifications and
responsibilities required
Page 2: Job-Self Matching Inventory (18 points)
Clearly stated major job requirements
Identified how your qualifications related to the major job
requirements
Created table populated with detailed data
Page 3: Cover Letter (24 points)
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Cover letter included your name and contact information, date,
salutation, company address and name of contact person – all correctly
formatted
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Introductory paragraph includes introduction of self, position applying
for, and where you found advertisement
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Clear link was made between requirements of job and your
qualifications (from Job Matching Inventory)
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Conclusion reaffirms your interest, information on how to contact you,
and thank you
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Closing salutation, electronically sign letter, and type your name below
the signature
Page 4: Resume (18 points)
Name and contact information on top of page
Listed education and work experience in reverse chronological order
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Resume is one page in length visually appealing, easy to read, and
includes additional information (e.g. special interests, aptitudes,
memberships, certificates)
Resume included bulleted items beginning with action word
Overall Format (10 points)
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Documents appear neat and professional, and free of spelling/grammar
errors
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Student followed proscribed format of assignment, including 2 copies
(regular and blind)
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Part 3: Interview Guide
Each student will take the role of both Interviewee and Interviewer for this part of the assignment to
further prepare for the interview.
Use the Word document Interview Outline to help guide you through these instructions. The
Interview Part 3 is due Week 9.
Interviewee Responsibilities: As an interviewee, your major responsibility is to submit a blind
interviewee packet that is free of your name throughout and as complete, clear, and organized as
possible. This is the information that the interviewer will use to create an interview guide and
ultimately, this will influence the nature of your in-class interview. In addition, to the interviewee
packet, interviewees also need to do the following:
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Review the sample questions from your textbook and in class activities/discussions.
Prepare three Behavior Based Questions (BBQs) and two Hypothetical Questions (HQ) for your
interview. List the questions and complete answers.
? BBQs are used in past tense and require the respondent to describe his/her
actual behavior in a specific incident related to the job requirements (e.g. Tell
me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult customer, how you
handled it, and what was the outcome). As a respondent, when you are asked a
BBQ in an interview, you should be able to answer these questions with a
specific example and be able to communicate the specific qualities you
demonstrated during that incident which prove your worthiness for the job.
Even if the incident you think of is something that you did not handle in the best
way at the time, you can use such a response effectively by listing all the things
you learned from the outcome of the incident.
? HQ uses words like “would or might” and it guides a respondent to imagine
future behavior as opposed to reporting on past behavior. Example of an HQ:
“What would you do as a manager, if one of your employees accused another of
bullying at the workplace?”
Type up your response to the question that asks why you want to work for this company in this
position. Your knowledge about the company will really come out here.
Prepare to ask the interviewer TWO questions (see Chapters 7 and 8 for ideas). Provide your
questions in the write-up, along with an explanation of why you would ask each question. If
your interview is running close to the time limit, then you should not ask the questions.
Close of Interview: For this section the interviewee should summarize why he/she is the best
candidate for this position based on the qualifications and experience that the employer is
looking for. The last impression is very important and should be a sales pitch of one paragraph.
This should conclude with the interviewee thanking the interviewer
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Interviewer Responsibilities: You will begin this section by reviewing the anonymous packet that you
are provided for your interview. From this packet, you will prepare the following to interview your job
candidate/interviewee:
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Interview Introduction: In this section you should type out what the interviewer will say for the
following sections:
o Greeting
o Establish rapport
o Give overview of the position that the interview is being conducted
o An orientation of what the interview will consist of (duration and basic format)
Body of the interview: type 12-14 questions an interviewer would ask in order to address the
key requirements of the job position. Please reflect on the job position to determine what
qualifications, skills, etc. the interviewer would need to ask about. These questions should
represent the different types of appropriate interview questions outlined in the text.
o Avoid illegal questions and ones that do not pertain to the company, position, or the
interviewee’s background qualifications.
o Keep the closed questions to a minimum. Have sufficient secondary/probing questions.
The order of the questions is important. Please ensure that they are arranged logically,
with a strategic purpose. Let the questions build on one another where possible.
o There need to be at least two Behavior Based Questions (BBQs), and two Hypothetical
Questions (HQs). You should also have one question that asks why the interviewee
wants to work for this company or why the interviewee wants this position.
? BBQs are used in past tense and require the respondent to describe his/her
actual behavior in a specific incident related to the job requirements (e.g. Tell
me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult customer, how you
handled it, and what was the outcome).
? HQ uses words like “would or might” and it guides a respondent to imagine
future behavior as opposed to reporting on past behavior. Example of an HQ:
“What would you do as a manager, if one of your employees accused another of
bullying at the workplace?”
Close the Interview:
o Ask the interviewee if they have any questions and be prepared to answer at least one.
State the question and your response here based on the position and/or the company.
o State what the next step is in the process, and when the interviewee should hear from
you again. How will the interviewee hear from you?
o Thank the interviewee for the time spent with you and interest with your company.
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Part 3: Interview Project
Interview Guide
Possible
Points
Received
Name
Interviewee Guide
Interviewee stated and answered 3 behavioral based and 2 hypothetical
questions in an organized and thorough manner
Answered why you want to work for company/in this position
Prepared 2 questions for interviewer and stated why asked
Prepared a closing for the interview on why you are the best candidate
Interviewer Guide
Introduction included greeting, establishing rapport, gave overview of the
position the interview is being conducted, and an interview orientation
(duration and basic format)
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Provided 12-14 questions, questions had a specific purpose, and were
arranged logically, legal and meaningful
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At least 2 behavior-based questions and 2 hypothetical questions were
written
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Close Interview: Ask the interviewee if questions. State the interviewee’s
question and your response here based on the position and/or the
company.
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State what the next step is in the process, and when the interviewee
should hear from you again. How will the interviewee hear from you?
Overall Format
Document displayed neat and professional appearance free of errors
Student followed format of assignment and rubric
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Interview Script/Outline
Use complete sentences; don’t use bulleted lists for this assignment
Part 1: Your Role as the Interviewer/Recruiter
Introduction by Interviewer/Recruiter:
Questions (write – but don’t answer – 12-14 questions an interviewer would ask.
(Label your BBQ’s and HQ’s as BBQ1, BBQ2, HQ1, HQ2, Why Want to Work Here/Job, etc.):
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Provide two Sample Interviewee Questions you may be asked with your responses:
Question 1:
Response 1:
Question 2:
Response 2:
Interviewer/Recruiter Conclusion:
Part 2: Interview Script/Outline as the Job Candidate
Please use complete sentences; don’t use bulleted lists.
Introduction of yourself to the interviewer:
Questions (write out and answer the following questions):
Three Behavioral Based Questions (BBQs) and their answers in detail:
BBQ1:
BBQ1 Answer:
BBQ2:
BBQ2 Answer:
BBQ3:
BBQ3 Answer:
Two Hypothetical Questions (HQs) and their answers in detail:
HQ1:
HQ1 Answer:
HQ2:
HQ2 Answer:
Why do you want to work with this company?
Company Name:
Answer:
Provide two Sample Interviewee Questions you can ask the interviewer with rationale for asking
the question:
Question 1:
Rationale:
Question 2:
Rationale:
How will you make your final sale of yourself summarizing the interview?

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