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Which statement best reflects the central point of the selection? |
| | A) | Interviewers may ask some difficult and highly personal questions. |
| | B) | When going to an interview, dress in business clothing, mentally go over your application or resume and go in with a positive attitude. |
| | C) | There are several things you can do to make yourself stand out in a positive way at job interviews. |
| | D) | Employers may ask you why you left your last job. |
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What is the main point of paragraph 8 (lines 39-46)? |
| | A) | Your answer to the question, "Tell me about yourself" can demonstrate that you are well-organized. |
| | B) | You should tell the interviewer where you were born and raised, where your family lives now, and so on. |
| | C) | You should have planned and rehearsed your answers to common interview questions. |
| | D) | The interviewer may put you down as a scatterbrain. |
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What statement best expresses the main point of paragraph 13 (lines 67-75)? |
| | A) | It is a good idea to back up any mention of your college activities with specific examples of what you did. |
| | B) | An interviewer may ask questions such as, "Are you creative?" or "Are you a leader?" |
| | C) | You should possess the skills of learning quickly, organizing time efficiently, and being able to solve problems. |
| | D) | "Softball" questions give you the opportunity to describe your good points and how they fit the job. |
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If you were fired from your last job, the author advises you |
| | A) | to make sure your interviewer realizes how unfair your former boss was. |
| | B) | not to blame anyone for the firing. |
| | C) | not to tell the truth, but to convince the interviewer that you quit. |
| | D) | to tell the interviewer a lot of people were fired by the same boss. |
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According to the author, some advantages of arriving early to an interview are: |
| | A) | You will not be flustered or late, and you'll have time to review your application or resume. |
| | B) | You will have time for small talk with the interviewer. |
| | C) | You will have time to see all the other people applying for the same job. |
| | D) | You will have time to check your appearance and speak to the interviewer's secretary. |
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In the opinion of the author, what do interviewers really want to know when they ask, "Why did you apply for this job?" |
| | A) | How much money you want to earn. |
| | B) | If you are eager to be hired and will stay with the company. |
| | C) | If you are creative and a leader. |
| | D) | If you were fired from your last job and are desperate for another one. |
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In the sentence that follows, what kind of signal word is used to show the relationship of the second sentence to the first? |
| | A) | Illustration |
| | B) | Addition |
| | C) | Time |
| | D) | Cause and effect |
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We can infer from paragraph 11 (lines 54-59) that |
| | A) | if you blame someone else for your troubles at work interviewers may think that you may be a difficult employee. |
| | B) | most people who quit a job do so because they hate the boss. |
| | C) | as long as you are telling the truth, it is all right to tell the whole story of why you were fired or quit. |
| | D) | honesty is always the best policy. |
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