Your Goal in the Initial Screening Interview Is to

question 8

Multiple Choice

Your goal in the initial screening interview is to

• A) explain your greatest strengths in depth.
• B) distinguish yourself from other candidates.
• C) clinch the deal.
• D) provide as much detail as possible about positions you've held in the past.
• E) convince the interviewer that you need a decision right away.

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Definitions:

Problem Space Hypothesis

The idea that problem solving is isomorphic to a search through a mental graph, with nodes corresponding to all possible states of affairs of a problem and connections corresponding to legal moves.

Incomplete Representations

Mental or symbolic representations that lack some components or details of the actual object or concept.

Mental Set

A psychological tendency to approach situations in a certain way because that method worked previously.

Incubation Effect

A phenomenon where stepping away from a problem temporarily can lead to a solution unexpectedly emerging into consciousness later.