• Job Interview
A job interview is an interview consisting of a conversation between a
job applicant and a representative of an employer which is conducted
to assess whether the applicant should be hired. Interviews are one of
the most popularly used devices for employee selection.
The Purpose of Interview
Tujuan wawancara secara umum adalah untuk mendapatkan informasi
yang akurat dari narasumber dengan menyampaikan beberapa
pertanyaan tertentu kepada narasumber. Secara khusus, berikut ini
adalah beberapa tujuan wawancara:
• Untuk menggali dan mendapatkan informasi atau data dari orang pertama
(primer).
• Untuk melengkapi informasi/ data yang dikumpulkan dari teknik pengumpula
data lainnya
• Untuk mendapatkan konfirmasi dengan menguji hasil pengumpulan data
lainnya
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The Function of Interview
Fungsi wawancara secara umum adalah untuk menggali informasi dari
narasumber. Selengkapnya, berikut ini adalah beberapa fungsi
wawancara tersebut:
• Menghindari kesalahan informasi/ data yang simpang siur
• Informasi/ data dari hasil wawancara merupakan pelengkap informasi awal
• Memperoleh informasi secara komprehensif, akurat, jujur, dan mendalam
• Mendapatkan informasi dan data yang objektif dan berimbang
• Menggali kemunkinan adanya perspektif baru atas suatu masalah
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Common questions in Interview
1. Okay, Please introduce yourself briefly?
You: My name is Januar Iriansyah, I am twenty years old. I have graduated from Gadjah Mada University,
majoring in Computer Science. My Activity right now is writing on my Personal English Blog, I am also active in
several communities that related to my background.
2. What department do you apply and why do you interested on it? (Posisi apa yang anda lamar
dan kenapa anda tertarik melamar posisi itu?)
You: I want to apply for the System Analyst position, I am interested working on that position because that is
my passion and I am also love working with computers since I was a kid.
3. Why did you leave your previous job? (Mengapa anda meninggalkan pekerjaan anda yang
sebelumnya?)
You: I leave my previous job because I want more challenge and new experience
4. What if in this new place you feel the same as you did in your last
work/office? (Bagaimana jika rasanya bekerja di tempat barumu sama saja
bekerja di kantor lamamu?
• You: It is okay for me, because I think it will be different from my
previous job, also as I mention before, I love to gain new experience.
5. When were you most satisfied in your work? (Kapan anda merasa sangat puas
dengan pekerjaan anda?)
• You: It’s When I completed my job properly and on time, also when I
get a job that related to my passion.
6. What are your strengths, please specify each of three? (Apa kelebihan anda?
tolong jelaskan tiga)
• You: My strengths are I love to learn new things, I have a good
analytical thinking, and I like to pursue my target.
7. What are your weaknesses, please specify each of three? (Apa
kelemahan anda? tolong jelaskan tiga)
• You: My weakness are, I often to lose focus when I have too
many distractions. Next, I am a perfectionist, so, sometimes it
takes a long time to finish a job, because I want to finish it
perfectly, and the last is I am easily to get bored.
8. Why should we hire you? (Kenapa kami harus mempekerjakan anda?)
• You: Because I have enough experience in this field and this
field is my own passion, so I have a very strong spirit for this
field.
9. How much salary do you want in every month? (Berapa gaji yang
anda inginkan setiap bulannya?)
• You: I am expecting my salary is four million rupiahs per
month.
10. Do you have any strategies to increase our business income?
(Apakah anda memiliki strategi untuk menambah pemasukan bisnis
kami?)
• You: Yes, I have some great ideas to increase the income, such
as create a new flavor for your product or by doing a new type of
promotion.
11. What course did you attend? (Kursus apa yang sudah anda hadiri?)
• You: I have been Attended many courses of this field, one of
them is the national course about programming and
programming analyze that held in Jakarta a month ago.
12. Can you work with a team and under pressure? (Bisakah anda bekerja
dalam tim dan dalam tekanan?)
• You: Yes, I can, I also don’t think it’s a pressure because it’s the
responsibility of my work and it’s also a great change to improve
the quality of myself.
13. What do you know about our company? (Apa yang anda
ketahui tentang perusahaan kami?)
• You: Yes, your company is a company that engaged in
digital services
14. Why do you want to work in our company? (Kenapa anda ingin
bekerja di perusahaan kami?)
• You: Because your company have a good reputation and
of course to get the great experience to work in here.
15. What are your goals? (Apa tujuan anda?)
• You: To become a better person and more professional.
Good luck
Exercise 2. Who would make these requests?
- - a boss - a customer - a visitor, - a secretary, - a sales person, - a policeman,
- - a hotel receptionist, - a company, - Somebody whose english is not perfect
1. Could you tell me how much it costs? : .........................
2. Could you say that again please? I didn’t understand? : ............................
3. Sound the alarm immediately! : ............................
4. Could you tell me if the price includes sales tax? : ............................
5. Could you fix us two black coffee please? : ............................
6. Could you speak more slowly? : ............................
7. Would you mind opening that suitcase? : ............................
8. Would you mind spelling your name please? : ............................
9. Would you mind working late to night? : ............................
10. Could you tell me how to pronounce “specialization”? : ............................
Exercise 4. Definition of the jobs
Match the job on the left to their definition on the right.