We will be starting the Job Hunt Unit when we return from break so to get you thinking here is the1st of 3 DQ's involving Interviewing.
Instead of completing mock interviews for the class the remaining DQ's will require you to post answers to sample interview questions. I expect answers to be answered as if you were in an interview setting and be written using proper English and using 200-300 words. Here is a web site that will give you some advice on answering questions. How to Answer Tricky Questions Now here is the 3rd to last DQ, there will be NO DQ next week, but I will post all the remaining DQ's during break. Answer the following interview question and then comment on 2 other student's posts by giving them advice on a better way to answer the question. "What is your greatest strength, and some of your weaknesses?"
Kade
12/12/2011 04:02:24 am
My greatest strengths are my work ethics and being prepared for anything I will do my best and try to do every thing you tell me to do. Sometimes I’m not organized but I have been trying to keep my self organized always being clean and having a place for every thing.
Kyle
12/12/2011 10:47:07 am
Well, one of my strengths is probably talking to people and I am very personable too. When I say I can talk to people I mean like one or two people at a time or with my friends, because when I get up in front of all of my peers I can hardly speak, I get really nervous, I get pretty red in the cheeks too. The reason I am very personable is because I don’t like to refuse to do a lot of things, such as people will chicken out when they are dared to do something like asking a girl for their number. Last weekend that came up and no when else wanted to do it so I asked her for it when she walked by, she said no cause I was a stranger. One of my weaknesses is talking in front of a lot of people that I do not know. I dislike it very much. I get way to nervous and I have no idea why, it kind of like being afraid of spiders or snakes, it’s just the same thing for me. Like I already said I get red nervous and plenty of other things as well.
Kheigan
12/12/2011 11:58:27 am
I think my greatest strength is doing what I’m best at. I like to work, and I do a pretty good job of it. I have a strong work ethic and I will finish a job, if I started it. I am usually organized and have a plan before I do something. My weaknesses are talking in front of a huge crowd. I get nervous and sick to the stomach, my checks get red and I have a hard time talking. I am also worried I will mess up and embarrass myself. When I am presenting something to the class, I feel ok because they are my peers and I have known them for many years, and some my whole life. I also dislike talking in front of a lot of people I do not know, or teachers that I don’t know. Another weakness I have is I don’t think before I open my mouth. I say a lot of things I shouldn’t. I have gotten better over the years about thinking before I open my mouth and say something stupid or bad. I also think many people have the same problem, but some are worse. This weakness is one of the worst, I do not like change. I like stuff to stay the same, they always have to make stuff so difficult now with some technology.
Logan
12/13/2011 03:57:51 am
Kyle: Yes you certainly are good at talking, but in a formal occasion such as this you should NEVER begin a sentence with “well”. It indicates that you are hesitating and are not prepared for every question they throw at you. Hope you take that advice when you are job-hunting in real life.
Jackson
12/13/2011 09:45:46 am
Some of my strengths are being organized and also being responsible and being able to get the job done. I am organized because I have a very smart brother and sister and they are/ were always organized so I am expected to meet there standards as well. I am very responsible because I have already been exposed to work and also very hard times and I know that when something needs to be done it has to get done. Just like this DQ, I as well as many other people do not want to do it, but it has to be done. That is also pretty much why I can get many things done. Also I have an extremely inspirational family! They make me feel like I can accomplish anything. Two of my biggest weaknesses are independence and talking. Independence is my weakness because I want to make for sure that I understand the right thing or that I think something is to easy to be true so I just have to ask just to make sure. Talking is one of my weaknesses because... well im not quit sure I just have been that way pretty much forever. I just talk when I want, smile when I want, laugh when I want. I pretty much just to try keeping on track and get my work done (which is one of my strengths). One more of my strengths is being athletic. I love to be outside and exercise and just not be lazy!
Jackson
12/13/2011 09:56:52 am
Kade
Jackson
12/13/2011 10:00:55 am
Kyle
Jacob S.
12/14/2011 11:13:54 am
My greatest strength is my imagination. The reason my imagination is my best attribute is because I can imagine anything my mind can conjure up and then put it on paper if I have time and enough patients, I can do anything on paper. My favorite things to imagine are weapons and landscapes. I plan after twenty years in the police force to retire and build and design weapons for myself, the military, and hunters of all kinds. Because I can use my imagination so well I apply myself in arts so that I can use my imagination as much as I want.
Jacob S.
12/14/2011 11:19:53 am
Kyle- yes Kyle I agree with Logan starting your interview with “well” is very bad and I would take that very disrespectable. Otherwise if I was looking to hire you I would, but if you said well I wouldn’t of had. So next time don’t put “well” in your interview, okay.
Jacob S.
12/14/2011 11:25:49 am
Kheigan- I really liked your answers if I was an employer I would hire you on the spot. And don’t feel bad about your weaknesses everyone got them all you need to do is this slower when speaking. I try it all the time and it helps me to not say stuff that others would look down upon so again don’t worry your just normal.
Savannah
12/14/2011 11:46:18 am
My strengths are that I am athletic and I am nice to people and help them out when they need it. I am very organized and get all my assignments done on time or before they are due. I am the type of person who you can talk to me about your problems and I will try to help you with them. I am very polite to my teachers and to my peers. Some of my weaknesses are I am hard on myself because I want to do my best on everything. I want to please my parents, coaches and my teachers on everything I do. I am also sensitive and do not like it when people are mad at me.
Savannah
12/14/2011 11:59:27 am
Jackson- You have many good strengths and you are a nice person. You work very well with others and help them out in math. Your family is inspirational and wants you to succeed in life. My family also supports me in my school and in sports. Even though you have weaknesses you can get better at them. The poem in English will help us with are public speaking skills. The more you do these things the easier it will be for you. Getting to know you since you moved back I have learned how you changed.
Savannah
12/14/2011 12:14:57 pm
Jacob- Your strengths are that you are very creative and can draw very well. You are a good friend and I can trust you. I notice the things you draw the most are guns and swords. You are making a comic book and I think that is cool. I think after you retire I think you will be a artist or be a art teacher somewhere. I think we will be able to take art next semester and I think you should take it. Mr. Pederson is the art teacher and he is my favorite teacher. You have weaknesses but if you work on them you will get better. You can build your endurance by the sport you are in right now. In wrestling you run a lot to get in shape for your match.
Baline
12/14/2011 12:52:13 pm
My strengths is probably talking to people and giving speeches and such ,but i don’t like to stand up in front of them. I will do my best to prepare for the speech. staying organized and also being responsible about my time is the biggest part.I am very polite because in giving the speech people ask questions and comment on your speech. some of my weaknesses could be I do not trust enough in my friends and family to get the job done for me or help me. I can be a very lazy person if i am not motivated. If I am in the of a speech and mess up I embarrass myself. I don’t like to refuse people when they have questions and lets some subjects drag on to long. Some times i have to make a improve to part of my speech. I don’t like to give long speeches because i get nevis if i don’t Know the material very well. If i know what i’m am talking about and enjoy it can take lots of time to give the speech for example my report on world war one took 30 minutes last year. I don’t really focus some times because i’m am easily distracted.
Blaine
12/14/2011 12:58:45 pm
Kade
blaine
12/14/2011 01:00:37 pm
Kyle
Emily
12/14/2011 01:51:46 pm
I have many strengths and weeknesses. So I am going to list some of them. Talking is one of my strengths, I have no problem with talking to people. A weekness would be that I don't like to talk about subjects that I don't know anything about. I also am a very nice person, I don't like being mean to people because that's just not who I am. When I am talking I guess it's just one of those things that comes naturally to me because I usually don't feel nervous when I talk in front of people. I have a weekness for organization, it is something I lack in. I am hardly ever organized so school is sometimes tough when you have a bunch of papers to take care of from more than one class. I am also a hardcore basketball player. I love basketball so much that I try to give it all I have got. When I am on the court I have weeknesses like assuming things that don't happen, also not paying attention to where the ball is going to go next. Having strengths and weeknesses is definately not a bad thing, Knowing that you can admit to them is a strength. I feel that a lot of people don't want to admit to them because they feel like if they do then no one will like them for what they can and can't do. So this was a great way of making us own up to their stregths and weeknesses.
Bryan
12/14/2011 01:52:52 pm
My greatest strength is probably my ability to not give up when I am put down. I try to never give up. Whether it is athletics or academics or anything else in life, you cannot give up. Once you give up, there is no going back. That is what I try to go by. I believe in giving your best for what you think is right. Another one of my strengths is my athletic ability. I do a lot of sports and always try my best. I think that one the main reason that is because I do not like to lose. That is probably my biggest weakness. I will do anything I can to help my team or myself as an individual preform the best. As I said my largest weakness is probably loosing. I will fight until there is nothing left that I can give if it means not to lose. Another one of my weaknesses is not knowing when to give up. Sometimes I can get too into something and should probably back off but do not think to. Or, I might continue on when there is no point left in something. But, not giving up is always better than giving up too early. I always give everything my best and will always add to anything I am a part of. I usually work best when I have others that also can work well. My greatest strength is much better than my greatest weakness because giving up is the worst thing that anybody can do. Once you give up, nothing can go well. Nothing can go right.
Emily
12/14/2011 01:58:14 pm
Kheigan
Bryan
12/14/2011 02:01:19 pm
Emily- I think that you could do better in school if you were more organized. Being organized is always good when trying to do well in anything. When we are grown up, being organized is completely necessary because you have the possibility of being fired and have the pressure of your peers.
Emily
12/14/2011 02:03:26 pm
Bryan
Bryan
12/14/2011 02:08:42 pm
Kyle- When in a job interview you should focus more on the topic at hand and less on your jokes. Some humor is ok, but and over use is bad because it may make it look like you are not a focused person or that you would not be very good when are needed for a job.
Kyle
12/15/2011 02:07:11 am
Blaine-I think you are very unprepared because you misspelled your own name, but other than that you did pretty well.
Steven
12/15/2011 07:21:49 am
Some of my weaknesses are in an interview I talk to fast, and I don’t like to talk in public. I interrupt people some times. I cant sit for very long because I am hyper. I would being folding paper or some thing to keep me calm and some times I say something I don’t want to. If they asked how organized I was I would have to tell the truth because I am not organized at all. Some of my strengths are I wouldn’t be rude and I could split the information up into the time limit so it reaches the minimum and I wouldn’t go past my time. I would tell them a little about me and why I want this job. I would ask them a little about them and who they are looking for. I wouldn’t tell them there idea was stupid and I would just node in agreement. I could look at the people I am talking to and not around the room. I would stay on topic and be nice. I wouldn’t lie my way through a interview to get the job. One more weakness is I would try to get done fast if there’s no time limit.
Steven
12/15/2011 07:28:00 am
Kheigan- You could think of the people you are talking to in there boxers. So you can talk in a crowd.
Steven
12/15/2011 07:33:24 am
Jacob s- if you cant trust pepole just try to get to know them before you take the job.
Kheigan
12/15/2011 08:47:23 am
Emily- Good job! You could do a lot better in school if you stayed organized. You did a good job listing your strengths and weaknesses. You answered the question very well I think.
Jacob H.
12/15/2011 02:01:54 pm
My greatest strength is my ability to solve problems in the things that interest me. Like when I am doing research for something and I can’t seem to find any information, or when I read something and I don’t understand it. I don’t always try to solve my own problems though. I sometimes just go with what I hear, even when I don’t understand it. Sometimes this works for me but almost always I am wrong when it comes to this. Another one of my strengths is in the field of science. I am very knowledgeable in this area of school. It is also my favorite subject. Getting all the things I know into my work is something I really need to improve on. I don’t do this very well. This would be a major weakness I have. When it comes to being creative or coming up with new ideas I am very strong. I am very artistic and I can draw very well. This is probably the strength I have that I am most proud of. One of my weaknesses I have with my creativity is that I don’t like it when people throw out my ideas or things I do for them. I can sometimes get upset over some of the smallest issues when I Shouldn’t. A strength that I have that is a very interesting one is that when my friends do something better than me I will try to get better than them at it whatever it is. I consider this a strength, because I do this in a very positive way even though there are times when this can lead to trouble. If I have a weakness in this it would be just simply taking something to far, And by far I mean by trying to be better than someone in a mean or hurtful way. I am very competitive in certain things and its always good to try to get better. Sports mainly track are a big strength that I have. I am very good at running and this helps in all of the sports that I do. I am always trying to improve in this. It can get very hard for me to do sports sometimes because of a injury I Got in May but I still keep trying even when I am sometimes held back. Basketball is both a strength and a weakness for me. I am improving greatly this year but some of the little things that I am good at are starting to get sloppy. When I think about everything I am good at or bad at I try to improve or keep improving and overall I think my strengths and weaknesses are pretty balanced even though some of them are more pronounced than others. I hope to get stronger in the areas of school I need work on and I hope to keep striving in the strengths that I have.
Jacob H.
12/15/2011 02:15:47 pm
Steven you did a very solid and good DQ. You were able to tell about many areas of your strengths and weaknesses but I noticed almost all of your sentences started with I. Try to start sentences with a variety of words and you will improve greatly
Katelin
12/16/2011 12:17:42 am
I have many strengths and weaknesses. Some are good things and some things people think are annoying. One of my most important strengths is my willingness to do anything that is needed of me. For example when I am on the basketball court I try my best at everything I do and only complain a little bit. Another big strength I have is that I love to talk. Mostly in front of big groups and like in theatre halls. That is the reason that I love to do Missoula Childrens Theatre and other things that I get a chance to do. I love memorization and interpretation. My weakness is that I sometimes talk to much or over exaggerate when I tell people things. Everyone has strenghs and weaknesses bad and good and that is a part of life.
Memo
12/16/2011 03:15:12 am
What are my greatest strengths? My greatest strength is that I never quit at what I try. Also it is my greatest strength because I love new challenges even if they are way to hard for me. Like when I first started playing football I didn’t even know the rules and I didn’t quit just because of that. I stuck with it and learned the rules and knew how to play the game better. My weaknesses are that I get very impatient when I do my work in class. Like in math I get so mad that I can’t concentrate on my work. Like now that we are doing inequalities I get so confused I just stop working and get off task. That is why I don’t like math it confuses me so much. Another weakness is that I am very sloppy. I can’t right neatly so some times Mrs. Miller cant read my righting and marks me down on my assignments. Another weakness is that if I don’t like the class or what I am doing I wont even try at it. Like in baseball I hate it so when I play it in PE I don’t even try. Those are some of my weakness and my strengths.
McKenney
12/16/2011 03:15:21 am
I would say that my greatest strength would be my English skills. I am very good at English. I am best at reading and the stories or plays we read. I have an A- for the overall class. I have quite a few weaknesses though. My biggest weakness is probably my handwriting it is very sloppy. I started writhing like that in 3rd grade and I never changed it or tried to perfect it so that is probably my biggest weakness. After that I would say that my organization skill s are a pretty big weakness. I have problems staying organized. I can become organized but it only lasts for about a week and a half before I have to organize again. Another large weakness I have is my following direction skills. I can usually follow them until I have an idea of my own that I want to try and most of the time it doesn’t work out. My last large weakness that I have is I do not work well with a large group of people. I usually want to be the leader of the group so when someone else takes charge I have problems taking orders from them. But in small groups I can work with them very well.
McKenney
12/16/2011 03:18:37 am
McKenney
12/16/2011 03:21:37 am
Katelin-
Ruslan
12/16/2011 03:23:12 am
I think my greatest strengths are spelling and figuring out problems. The reason those are my strengths is because I am a great speller. I think I have many strengths and weaknesses. A lot of them I think are good others are not so good. For example I love to play sports and I think they are a strength of mine. But they are probably my favorite because I take part in them and I enjoy playing them. I have a really cool strength I guess you could call it kind of a talent. The talent is that I can parkour. Parkour is when you leap over walls and run through an obstacle or just practicing basically jumping buildings. I love this because it gives you an adrenaline rush. The only thing I can think of that is really a strength of mine is spelling and parkouring. They are my favorite my time activities to do on my spare time. These are really fun to do. So basically what im saying is I love to do the things I have skills in. I have many strengths but now to talk about my weaknesses. Everybody has weaknesses. Some of my weaknesses are English and Writing term papers. Oh and plus playing an instrument. Those are only some of my weaknesses but they don’t matter to me because everyone has weaknesses but I take them as a compliment to me because I can learn from my weaknesses to turn them into my strengths. SO those are my strengths and weaknesses.
Ruslan
12/16/2011 03:26:09 am
Mckenney it looks like you did a very good job on your piece. You were very explanatory on your answer it seems like you have your strengths and weaknesses figured out.
Ruslan
12/16/2011 03:28:57 am
Memo it seems as it looks like you have your strengths and weaknesses figured out. It is not easy to find strengths because you have to explore your ideas and you did.
Logan
12/16/2011 04:02:55 am
Some of my strengths are…
Jonathan
12/16/2011 01:17:18 pm
I like to work. I have a strong work ethic and I will finish a job. My weaknesses are talking in front of a people. I get nervous. I am also worried that I will mess up and embarrass myself. When I am presenting something to the class I feel better. I also dislike talking in front of a lot of people I do not know, or teachers that I don’t know. Another weakness I have is I don’t think before I open my mouth. I say a lot of things I shouldn’t. I also think many people have the same problem, but some are worse. This weakness is one of the worst, I do not like change. I am very responsible. Like this DQ, I as well as many other people do not want to do it, but it has to be done.
Jonathan
12/16/2011 01:23:59 pm
Blaine- I can’t believe that you misspelled your name, I know it was probably just an accident but still it’s kind of funny. I agree that you talk a lot especially during band! That was great last year when you took 30 min. on that report, because Mr. Crossfield had to move mine to the next day, which was great.
Jonathan
12/16/2011 01:30:54 pm
Kyle- I agree with your DQ. It had some good points. I agree with you when it comes to standing front of a large class. I hate it. I bet you can tell. I also thought it would have been hilarious if the girl that you asked out stated yelling “Stranger Danger.”
Cheyenne
12/16/2011 02:10:05 pm
I think I have many strengths and weaknesses. I think some of my strengths are talking is a strength that I have. Another of my strengths are being organized and also being responsible and being able to get the job done. I think some of my weaknesses are talking in front of a huge group and I am talking about 100's of people. I can talk to small groups of people no problem but I dislike talking to a ton of people. It is something that I am trying to get better at because I would like to be convertible talking to 100's of people. I think that because I have such a supportive and involved family I am able to get better at my weaknesses. FFA has helped me get better at talking to large groups of people. So there are some of my strengths and weaknesses.
Katelin
12/16/2011 03:42:47 pm
Cheyenne - I think that if you do more things and our out going you will be not so nervous or worried about talking in front of big crowds. Also practice spelling and pronouncing things so you feel more confident saying them.
Katelin
12/16/2011 03:46:28 pm
McKenney - I think that if you wrote a little more and practiced a little bit or took more time at writing I am sure that you will get better at writing and will probabley suprise yourself. Also I think that if you are willing to let your self relax in big groups you will do better in large groups.
Cole
12/16/2011 03:56:06 pm
I have alot of skills and strengths. One of them is teamwork, I am great when working with a team. I have played alot of sports all my life so I know how to work with others. I am also in alot of clubs so that will help me when it comes to work with others.
cole
12/16/2011 04:01:27 pm
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Cole
12/16/2011 04:03:57 pm
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