Job Interview: Interviewing Tips 101
This is a quick FFA lesson plan titled “Interviewing Tips 101” that teaches students job interviewing skills. Students read an article (“Top 10 Job Interview Tips and Tricks”) and complete an accompanying worksheet, then share what they learned, with an optional extension involving mock interviews with community professionals.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Discover tips and tricks to improve their job interviewing skills.
- Demonstrate their job interviewing skills.
- Time required
- 30 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Job Interview Tips and Tricks" worksheet for each student.
- Internet access for students to see the article or copies for each student.
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Part of a career unit; 2. Part of a job interview lesson/unit
- Resources
- 1. FFA.org; 2. Article: "Top 10 Job Interview Tips and Tricks," http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/top-10-job-interview-tips-and-tricks/
Downloads & Links
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 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.