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I went on an interview yesterday afternoon. Upon arriving, the HR person came out and handed me a clipboard, a pen, and a sheet of paper with two questions'
1. Why do you want to work for XXXXXX?
2. What positive attributes do you bring to the position?
After completing it, I was brought into the interview, and the panel took turns looking at the form.
An interesting way to quickly assess organizational and writing skills, performance under pressure, and quality of work.
Anyway, I just wanted to share this. For those interested, it is always good to brush up on your writing skills.
I feel like writing it down is a lot easier than being put on the spot verbally. I can make it sound neater and more "professional.." Don't have to worry about messing words up or sounding less confident should that happen. I'm never nerves free during an interview.
For some positions this could be a great and applicable screening tool. If it was me I would fail, I give great verbal interview but my handwriting totally sucks.
I like that idea a lot- bonus if the job requires written communication skills. I love that it gives the candidate a few minutes to think and formulate an eloquent response, but also gives the interviewers an idea of their writing skills.
I like that idea a lot- bonus if the job requires written communication skills. I love that it gives the candidate a few minutes to think and formulate an eloquent response, but also gives the interviewers an idea of their writing skills.
Agreed. You can have a team of writers prepare your resume, but you can't escape having to pen three or four paragraphs yourself.
No, but thank you for asking. They were going to finish up interviews this past week and then go through the candidates. They told me I would not hear from them until at least October 1. So, we'll see.
Writing essays for a job? Really.....?? If I was applying for a job teaching or something in journalism or publishing/editing where writing is part of the job duties, I can understand making applicants answer essay questions. But for anything else, no way on this earth.Sometimes employers ask for writing samples. No problem with that. Writing essays as part of application is when you apply for college or graduate programs; also acceptable. But anything outside of the circumstances that I've mentioned here, I just find unprofessional.It's wasteful and shows also lack of respect for applicant's time.
Writing essays for a job? Really.....?? If I was applying for a job teaching or something in journalism or publishing/editing where writing is part of the job duties, I can understand making applicants answer essay questions. But for anything else, no way on this earth.Sometimes employers ask for writing samples. No problem with that. Writing essays as part of application is when you apply for college or graduate programs; also acceptable. But anything outside of the circumstances that I've mentioned here, I just find unprofessional.It's wasteful and shows also lack of respect for applicant's time.
When you think about it, there aren't many jobs where writing is not one of the job duties: police officer, marketing and advertising professional, nurse, stock broker, salesman, and any position that has written contact with customers. Writing is needed for inter-agency email, correspondence with other organizations, and communications with customers.
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