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Career Services Center--Interviewing




Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Career Services Center
2121 Euclid Avenue
Rhodes Tower West 280
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214

Campus Location
Rhodes Tower West 280

Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Phone: 216.687.2233
Fax: 216.687.9313
careers@csuohio.edu

Web Content Contact
John Scanlan
j.scanlan@csuohio.edu
216.687.2233

Interviewing
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & TRAITS EVALUATED
IN THE INTERVIEW


  • ACCURACY - The information you provide should be truthful and without error.

  • ALERTNESS - The ability to present yourself as bright, intelligent, and enthusiastic.

  • COMMUNICATION - The ability to present thoughts clearly, openly, & understandably.

  • COURTESY - The polite attention given to other people.

  • CREATIVITY - Developing new ideas, finding better ways of doing things, being imaginative.

  • DEPENDABILITY - The ability to do required jobs well with a minimum of supervision.

  • DRIVE - The desire to attain goals, to achieve.

  • INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS - The sensitivity and response to the attitudes, backgrounds, thoughts and feelings of others.

  • KNOWLEDGE - The information concerning chosen field which an individual should know for satisfactory job performance.

  • ORGANIZATION - The ability to systematically structure work tasks.

  • MANAGEMENT - The ability to delegate tasks and supervise others.

  • PERSONAL APPEARANCE - The neat, well-groomed, appropriately dressed image you present to others.

  • PERSONALITY - An individual's behavior characteristics or personality suitable for the job

  • PROBLEM SOLVING - The ability to describe a problem you have encountered, what action you took to resolve it, and the outcome.

  • STABILITY - The ability to withstand pressure and to remain calm in critical situations.
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