PRESENTATION ON CASE STUDY

OF INTERVIEW CANDIDATES

Group Members
1.

Farshad Chowdhury

The Out of Control interview

What is Interview?

An interview is a conversation between two

people (the interviewer and the
interviewee) where Questions are asked by
the interviewer to obtain information from
the interviewee.

Maria Fernandez is a bright, popular and well informed

mechanical engineer who graduated with an engineering
degree from state university in June 2003.
During the spring preceding her graduation. She went out on
many jobs interviews, most of which she thought were
conducted courteously and were reasonably useful in giving
both her and prospective employer a good impression of
where each of them stood on matters of importance to both of
them.
It was, therefore, with great anticipation that she looked for an
interview with the one firm in which she most wanted to work:
apex environmental. Where she thought she could have a
successful career while making the world better place.

 The interview, however, was a disaster. Maria walked into a room in which five men
began throwing question at her that she felt were aimed primarily at tripping her up
rather than finding out what she could offer through her engineering skills. The
questions ranged from unnecessarily discourteous,
(Why would you take a job as a waitress in college if you are such an
intelligent person?)
(Are you planning on settling down and starting a family anytime soon?)
Then, after the interview, she met with of the gentlemen individually (including the
president) and the discussion focused almost exclusively on her technical expertise.
She thought that these later discussion went fairly well. However, given the apparent
aimlessness and even mean-spiritedness of the panel interview, she was astonished
when several days later she got a job offer from the firm.

 The offer forced her to consider several matters. From her point of view, the job
itself was perfect-she liked what she would be doing, the industry, and the firms
location. And in fact, the president had been quite courteous in subsequent
discussions, as had been the other members of the management team.
She was left wondering whether the panel interview had been intentionally tense
to see how shed stand up under pressure, and. If so, why they would do such a
thing.

Question 1
How would you explain the nature of the panel interview Maria had to
endure? Specifically do you think it reflected a well thought out
interviewing strategy on the part of the firm or carelessness on the part
of the firms management? If it was carelessness, what would you do to
improve the interview process at Apex Environmental?

Answer

Maria Fernandez was a bright popular and well informed mechanical engineer, who
graduated with an engineering degree from State University in June 2003.

The overall experience of the interview was so stressful.

interview was a disaster for her because it was an Stress interview. The interviewer seeks
to make applicant uncomfortable with occasionally rude question. The question ranged
from unnecessarily discourteous to irrelevant and sexist such

NO!.according to are group it is not carelessness on the part of the

firms management because through this kind of interview or

unnecessarily discourteous question firm can easily identify
how can candidate would stand up under pressure or stressful
situation.

Question 2

Would you take the job offer if you

were Maria? If youre not sure, is
there any additional information that
would help you make your decisions,
and if so, what is it?

Answer

If I was Maria I would definitely take the job offer. This is because
from the very past .I was willing to take a job which can evaluate
my working ability also where, I can implement my working on
technical ability. So if my interview was not good enough, I would
definitely be disappoint. But later when by a discussion the
president knows my ability and technical skills it would help me to
get the job. And after getting the job offer I would definitely take the
job.
If a scenario arises that I am not sure whether I would take
the job or not, then to make myself sure I need some more
additional information. This information can be as follows;

Are there any securities of my employment?

Is my job future is pessimistic?

Is there any lack of insurance and pension benefits?

Is there any chance to be underemployed?

Is the working environment is suitable for the job?

Where the firm is located and what it is supposed to

be my job?

Are the people of the firm behaving in a courteous

and friendly manner?

Question 3
The job application engineer for which Maria was applying
requires:
(a)Excellent technical skills with respect to mechanical
engineering;
(b)A commitment to working in the area of polluting
control;
(c)The ability to deal well confidently with customers
who
have engineering problems;
(d) A willingness to travel worldwide; and
(e) A very intelligent a well balanced personality.

List 10 questions you would ask when interviewing

applicants for the job.

Answer

1) why should we be hiring you?

2) what do you expect from apex environmental?

3) which do you prefer, working alone or working with group?

4) can you perform the essential functions of the job for which you
have applied?

5) Give an example of a time when you had to be relatively quick in

coming to a decision?

6)what are your career goals during the next 1-3 years ? 5-10 years?

7) What factors should you in providing innovative solutions to most

challenging projects?