1. Trivia Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

2.  a. Set up the LCD projector and laptop with the Interview Trivia PowerPoint presentation 1.1.7.G1.  i. Divide the students into groups of 3 – 4.  1. Hand out pieces of scratch paper and a marker to each team.  b. Each team will have a chance to answer each question by writing their answer on the scratch paper.  c. After the facilitator has given a little bit of time for each team to record their answer, ask each group  to hold up their answer.  d. Award points to the groups with the right answers.  i. Teams with the wrong answers do not receive or lose any points. Their point total stays the  same.  e. Record the points on the board.  f. Allow each team to take a turn picking the category and dollar amount for the question.  g. The facilitator can decide how to let each team take turns choosing.  h. To use the PowerPoint:  i. On the first slide, click on the graphic to get to the game board slide.  ii. To choose a question, click on the category and dollar amount chosen.  iii. It is linked to the question slide and will automatically pull up the correct slide.  iv. After reading the question and the groups have all answered, click on the graphic directly  under it to go to the answer slide.  v. After the question and answer is finished, click on the graphic below the answer to go back  to the game board.  i. At the game board, if the wrong category or dollar amount is chosen, the little graphic in the lefthand  corner of any question slides will take the screen back to the game board.  j. Before final trivia, compute the point total for each team.  i. Allow each team to decide a ‘wager’ before answering the final trivia question.  ii. If the final trivia question is answered correctly, the wager is added to the points.  iii. If the final trivia question is answered incorrectly, the wager is subtracted from the points.  k. The team with the most points wins. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

3. Dress Before the Interview During the Interview After the Interview Professionally You $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Trivia Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

4. Answer: A professional dress suit should be one of these two colors. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

5. Question: What is navy blue or charcoal? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

6. Answer: A female professional would want this item to be well polished, closed toed, compliment the suit, and be 1-2” pumps. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

7. Question: What is a formal shoe? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

8. Answer: The color a man’s socks should be this. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

9. Question: What is the same color as his dress pants? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

10. Answer: The length of a woman's dress skirt should be this. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

11. Question: What is no more than two inches above the knee? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

12. Answer: The number of pieces of jewelry a person should wear. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

13. Question: What is no more than 8? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

14. Answer: This is when research should be performed by the applicant to figure out how long it takes to get there, how people dress, and read the informational literature provided. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

15. Question: What is before the interview? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

16. Answer: A person should do this to help practice answering questions, have the opportunity to develop questions, and increase confidence. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

17. Question: What is research the company? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

18. Answer: When researching this, an applicant can find out the length, if dining will occur, and who will conduct the interview. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

19. Question: What is the interview format? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

20. Answer: Two items of personal information to include on an answering machine. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

21. Question: What is name and phone number? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

22. Answer: The amount of time a person should arrive in advance for an interview. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

23. Question: What is 10-15 minutes? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

24. Answer: Two illegal topics to ask about in an interview. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

25. Question: What are age and marital status? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

26. Answer: Stressing what will be brought to the company and stating situations, actions, and results articulately without slang are examples of this. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

27. Question: What are methods a person should use when answering interview questions? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

28. Answer: A person should have a ballpark figure and be comfortable asking for this. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

29. Question: What is the salary? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

30. Answer: Ignoring the receptionist, smoking, eating, using a phone, applying make- up, and reading materials of poor taste are examples of this. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

31. Question: What are things not to do in the waiting room? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

32. Answer: This is when the interview actually begins. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

33. Question: What is in the waiting room? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

34. Answer: An action which makes an interview candidate “stand out” from other candidates. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

35. Question: What is writing a thank-you note? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

36. Answer: A thank-you note should be sent within this time frame. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

37. Question: What is within 24 hours? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

38. Answer: Thanking a person for his/her time, acknowledging confidence about personal skills, and further inquiries for more information should be included in this item. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

39. Question: What is a thank-you note? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

40. Answer: Three qualities of the format for a career thank-you note. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

41. Question: What are typed, business format, and printed on 100% cotton paper? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

42. Answer: This should be asked at the end of the interview if it was not expressed during the interview. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

43. Question: What is the time in which a person can expect to hear from the company? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

44. Answer: The proper response when the applicant does not know the answer to a question. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

45. Question: What is “I don’t know the answer to the question, could I get back to you?” Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

46. Answer: The color of shirt a person should wear. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

47. Question: What is a light colored, solid shirt? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

48. Answer: A person should do this when entering the room for an interview. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

49. Question: What is immediately look everyone in the eye? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

50. Answer: Standing up straight, looking a person in the eye, saying his/her name, and having a firm hold are qualities of this. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

51. Question: What is a good handshake? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

52. Answer: The length of time it takes a potential employer to develop a perception of the applicant. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

53. Question: What is 10-12 seconds? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

54. Final Trivia Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

55. Answer: Resumes, cover letters, job applications, references, paper, a professional pen, and a professional portfolio are items a person will want to have available at this time. Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

56. Question: What is during the interview? Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1

57. 1.1.7.G1  © Family Economics & Financial Education – Revised October 2004 – Career Development Unit – Interview Etiquette  Funded by a grant from Take Charge America, Inc. to the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona Jobs for Montana's Graduates C14L2PP1