CAMPUS INTERVIEWS
WITH CAREER SERVICES

Each year thousands of graduating students throughout the United States begin the process of searching for full-time career opportunities. The search involves responding to job announcements, following up on suggestions and leads, and participating in campus interviews. The campus interviews at Emporia State offer many opportunities to ESU's graduating students. Although most campus interviews are only 30 minutes in length, they provide a chance for the students to meet employers, to give and receive valuable information, to create the opportunity for a second, more extended interview and to open the door for job offers.

The key to success in a campus interview is thorough preparation; therefore, Career Services offers the following suggestions to those beginning the interview process.

1. Students who have registered with Career Services and have completed their Hire-A-Hornet profile/resume may sign up online for an interview date/time. After online sign ups end, interview appointments are available on a first come, first served basis for candidates who are not registered with Career Services.
   
   
2. Plan to interview with every company in which you have an interest, remembering that most employers will visit the campus only one time each year.
   
   
3. Read the interview articles in Job Choices...A guide to the job search for new college graduates. Pick up free information in Career Services.
   
   
4. Research the employer. Study the company literature on file in Career Services and visit the employer's website.
   
   
5. Identify three or four of your best qualifications that you want to be certain to tell the employer during the interview.
   
   
6. Prepare three or four questions you would like to ask the employer. Remember that interviewing is a two-way street!
   
   
7. Formulate answers for some of the most common interview questions you're likely to encounter.
   
   
8. Bring a copy of your resume to each interview. If you are being interviewed by more than one person, bring enough copies so that each interviewer will have one.
   
   
9. Take a few notes on the content of the interview for future reference and use.
   
   
10. At the conclusion of the interview, be certain you know what steps the employer plans to take next and ask the interviewer for a business card.
    
    
11. Immediately after each interview, send the interviewer a brief typewritten thank-you letter expressing your appreciation for the opportunity to meet with her/him and restating your qualifications for the job.
    
    
12. Keep a written log of all of your employer contacts including items such as employer name, address, telephone number and contact person/job title as well as the date of each contact by letter, telephone call or interview. It is also important to note the action that is required or that will follow from each contact. Be sure to follow up with the employer as needed.