COM 452 The Craft of the Interview

Whether you’re the interviewer or the interviewee, interviewing is valuable as a practical skill for both gathering and delivering information. This course will help refine student interviewing performance at either end of the process. Students will learn how to formulate meaningful questions as the interviewer, offer insightful answers as the interviewee, and explore techniques for avoiding blunders during the interview process. How to prepare for interviews, record and interpret answers, devise follow-up questions, and handle interviews when they take unanticipated turns will be covered. Another component of the course delves into interviewing skills for job-seekers.

Credits

5

Outcomes

1. This course will prepare students to:
2. Find, evaluate, and apply information.
3. Demonstrate credibility.
4. Explore interview techniques used in a variety of situations.
5. Use persuasion and argumentation concepts to construct communications.
6. Develop strong written and oral communication skills.