4.2 Job Interview Tips
This is a lesson plan (Lesson 2 in a job-readiness unit) from the National FFA Organization teaching students insider tips for succeeding in a job interview. Students watch interview-tip videos, learn and apply the STAR method for answering behavioral and situational questions, practice answering tricky interview questions, and conduct mock interviews. It includes student worksheets (“Insider Tips,” “Be a STAR!,” and “How Do I Answer This?”) plus an answer key.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Discover insider tips for a successful job interview.
- Understand the STAR method of answering behavioral interview questions.
- Apply the STAR method to common interview questions.
- Discover how to answer potentially tricky interview questions.
- Time required
- 120 minutes
- Grade level
- 9-10
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Insider Tips" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Be a STAR!" worksheet for each student
- A copy of "How Do I Answer This?" worksheet for each student
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Internet access for students or copies of the article
- Resources
- FFA.org; Video: "6 Interview Tips," https://player.vimeo.com/video/245764700; Article: "Acing an Interview and Answering Tricky Questions," https://www.agcareers.com/newsletters/AcingAnInterviewAndAnsweringTrickyQuestions.htm
- Created
- 05/2018 by the National FFA Organization
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.02Apply appropriate academic and technical skills. Career-ready individuals readily access and use the knowledge and skills acquired through experience and education to be more productive.
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.
AFNR Cluster Skills
Common Career Technical Core
- AG5Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Pathways.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9.10.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-MCommunication: Effectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.PG-IProfessional Growth: Assume responsibility for attaining and improving upon the skills needed for career success.
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-AAction: Assume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-FContinuous Improvement: Accept responsibility for learning and personal growth.