If Some Aspect of Your Appearance or Background Makes You

question 31

Multiple Choice

If some aspect of your appearance or background makes you uneasy,how can you offset it during the interview?

• A)By displaying a superior, know-it-all attitude during the interview
• B)By focusing on how you can help the organization succeed
• C)By displaying minimal interest in the job, allowing the interviewer to try to "sell" you on the position
• D)By using evasive answers that will allow the interviewer to ask more detail oriented questions
• E)By focusing your responses on what past employers have done wrong and how they could improve

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Definitions:

Driven

Being strongly motivated or compelled to achieve something.

Unconscious Efforts

Actions or processes that occur without conscious awareness or intention, driven by the unconscious mind.

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies used by individuals to cope with reality and to maintain self-image, often unconsciously.

Reality

The state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.