5.3 Job Interview (PowerPoint)
This is Lesson Three: Job Interview from Unit 5: Employment Skills, created by the National FFA Organization. It teaches students appropriate interview behavior and preparation through discussion, a question-brainstorm activity, a thank-you letter exercise, a mock interview with an evaluation checklist, and a reflection, with an optional floriculture-specific “leveling up” extension.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify appropriate behavior for an interview.
- Demonstrate knowledge in a mock interview.
- Create a thank you letter to accompany their interviews.
- Materials
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- “Job Interview” PowerPoint
- A copy of the “Question Brainstorm” worksheet for each student
- A copy of the “Interview Checklist” worksheet for each student
- A copy of the “Mock Interview Script” for each pair of students
- A copy of the “Thank You Letter” worksheet for each student
- A copy of the “Job Interview Rubric” for each student (if leveling up)
- Resources
- 1. Ben Bailey – Job Application Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGXvWYhMVsg 2. Successful Job Interview, http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7531/urlt/successful-job-interview.pdf 3. Floriculture CDE Handbook
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Initiative and Self-direction; Leadership and Responsibility
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
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
- CS.05Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.
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 – 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.CS-NDecision Making: Analyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
- 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.