You Are Participating in a Panel Interview with Five Interviewers

question 36

Multiple Choice

You are participating in a panel interview with five interviewers. Which of the following would convey professionalism in this setting?

• A) slouching in your seat with a blank expression on your face
• B) making and maintaining eye contact with just your questioner when answering a question
• C) admitting that you don't understand an acronym that was used and asking for clarification
• D) making a joke about a political scandal you read about in the paper that morning
• E) continuing a discussion an interviewer initiated complaining about the infrastructure at the company

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Definitions:

Psychology

The scientific study of the mind and behavior.

Empiricism

A theory in philosophy that emphasizes the role of experience and sensory perception in the formation of ideas, over the notion of innate ideas or traditions.

Observation

The action or process of closely monitoring or noticing something or someone.

Philosophy

The investigation into the essential characteristics of understanding, the real world, and being.