{"id":19641,"date":"2017-09-28T11:16:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=19641"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:41:25","slug":"interviewers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/interviewers\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviewers: who will interview you, and what do they want?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h3>Who interviews you will depend on the situation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You may be given an initial screening interview by someone from Human Resources.<\/li>\n<li>You may be interviewed by one person \u2014 the hiring interviewer.<\/li>\n<li>You may be interviewed by a panel of interviewers.<\/li>\n<li>You may be interviewed by one interviewer after another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you find out that you have an interview, ask about the format and structure of the interview \u2014 if the organization doesn\u2019t give you that information.<\/p>\n<h3>What do interviewers want?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Interviewers want to<br \/>\n\u2014 Figure out whether you would be a good fit with the organization<br \/>\n\u2014 Find out whether you are really interested in the position or program<br \/>\n\u2014 Confirm that you are as qualified as your resume and cover letter suggest<\/li>\n<li>Interviewers <strong>want<\/strong> you to be the right candidate for the role.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewing is time-consuming and expensive. \u00a0Saying \u201cno\u201d means that the interviewer has to spend time and money looking for someone else!<\/li>\n<li>Interviewers want your skills and and experiences to connect to something that matters to them.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewers are most interested in what you can give them. \u00a0They are less interested in what they can give you.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewers are very interested in the questions that you ask them. \u00a0Your questions show them what you think is important.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/nerves\/\">Nerves: How do you stay calm?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who interviews you will depend on the situation You may be given an initial screening interview by someone from Human Resources. You may be interviewed by one person \u2014 the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":17165,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19641","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19641"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41121,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19641\/revisions\/41121"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}