Hello Colleagues, If you prepare adult learners for work and include job interviewing as part of the curriculum, how do you structure job interview lessons? If you include mock interviews, how do you assess students and provide them with helpful feedback?
I've sometimes used this YouTube video in my job interview lessons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY7ckMp5iZ4. Part of our lesson includes working together to generate a list of good and poor interview behaviors.
I also like to invite fluent English speakers who do not know the students in my class to conduct the mock interviews. Using smart phones, it is easy to video record interviews for later viewing and feedback, too.
It would be great to hear what tools teachers are using to prepare students for job interviews and how you provide useful feedback. Does anyone have a checklist or a rubric they could share?
Cheers, Susan
Moderator, Assessment CoP
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Hello everyone, Here's a rubric shared with me by a colleague. Students in his higher level ESL class developed this rubric for guiding and assessing their mock job interviews. How would you go about engaging students to design their own rubric for such a purpose?
Cheers, Susan
Moderator, Assessment CoP
The interviewee……
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Eye Contact
When an interviewer asks a question, the person maintains eye contact 100% of the time
Occasionally maintains eye contact with the interviewer
Never maintains eye contact
Professionalism
The person maintains professionalism 100% of the time
The person is occasionally professional
The person is rarely professional
Posture
Maintains good posture all of the time
Occasionally maintains good posture
Rarely maintains good posture
Confidence
The person is confident 100% of the time
The person is occasionally confident
The person was not confident
Speaking
The person answers all the questions clearly
The person occasionally answers the questions clearly
The person can’t answer the questions clearly
Attitude
The person generally maintains a good attitude
The person occasionally maintains a good attitude
The person didn’t maintain a good attitude