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[Flossie]

I have a new group of students at school who want a special class on interview techniques. They are all qualified doctors who will go to America to work or do research. They have to compete against doctors from within America and from all over the world. They've booked a class for 16 hours. I can fill that easily but I want to make it a really super dooper class because I know these guys personally and I know how much effort and money they've put in for this opportunity.

Anybody know of any good resources preferably from the internet, or a good book that they can recommend for people going for job interviews in America? I am particularly interested in ideas or information about differences in body language, the fine line between confidence and arrogance...that sort of thing.

I have some stuff from the internet but it is a little disjointed and there's not much specific for international applicants or the medical industry.

Any ideas most welcomed.
Thanks

[Yu_Bum_suk]

How old are you?

What do you normally do on Sundays?

Why don't you have children?

How old did you say you were?

Are you married?

What do you do on the weekends?

You don't have a wife?

What year were you born in?

You were born in Korea? You grew up in Korea? What is your citizenship?

Do you smoke?

Is that your age in Korean years or American years?

[rokgryphon]

The most important thing for Koreans is for them to speak in a deductive manner. The tendancy when answering a question in Korean is to give all the background information first then to give the point or the main statement of the answer. Whereas in English we give the point of our answer first and back it up with our information. Like writing a paragraph in English. Topic sentence then supporting information and conclusion. This alone takes a lot of practice. Also most answers should contain 3 main things. A feature a benefit statement and a specific example of when they have showed or have used this feature. So also have them write those down to typical interview questions. These can be found on a site called 109 most common interview questions I think. Just google that phrase.