Part 1. Learning and Review
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Main Screen
- the first screen you will see is ("Questions")
displays all the questions in logical order
- to begin your review, tap on the first question
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Study Guide - Part 1
- the detailed review screen provides in-depth
material to help you think through the question and it's context
- the section labelled What the interviewer
may be trying to determine helps you understand the likely
purpose of the question from the interviewer's perspective
- the next Suggested Strategy section gives
tips on how best to answer the question, with examples
- continued in part 2 on the next screen
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Study Guide - Part 2
- the Avoid section points out some common
interviewing mistakes to avoid
- the My Answer section is a place where you
can enter your own best answer, after giving the material some thought
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Enter Your Answer
- in most cases, you can just enter the keywords that
will remind you of your own best answer, which avoids too much
memorization and sounding too word-for-word rehearsed
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Back to the Main Screen
- you have now finished a careful review of the
first most typical question asked in interviews, why its asked,
and how you are going to handle it like a pro
- now take your time to work through each question
in turn
- any significant interview is going to cover a lot
of material, so give this learning phase the time it deserves
- you may need several sessions to work through all
these most important questions, but once you have you'll find most of
the context is now in your memory recall, just needing a timely
refresher
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Part 2. Practice and Rehearsal
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Flash Cards Practice - Question Side
- once you've finished reviewing all the questions,
you're ready for practice and rehearsal just prior to actual interviews
- tap your mobile's Flash Cards tab bar button to switch to the practice mode
- look at the first question, remember your answer,
- and vocalize (quietly if necessary) your own best answer
- to check yourself, tap on the flash card ...
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Flash Cards Practice - Answer Side
- ... up pops your answer keywords, so you can check if
your mental rehearsal was on the mark or if you need more practice
- if you didn't enter your own answer, the popup will
show the tips from the Suggested Strategy section
- if your memory still needs more help, you can tap the
Study Guide button to redisplay the Detailed Review Screen
- this practice mode is perfect for when you are mobile,
anytime in the hours before your scheduled interview appointment
- you can also tap on the "Shuffle" button to mix up the sequence
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Part 3. Advanced Features
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Favorites Selection
- the Favorites feature lets you focus on a shorter
list of questions as chosen by you
- you may wish to weed out some questions that just
aren't relevant to your situation, or because you need more practice
on certain questions
- you can switch to Favorites only selection mode at
any time, by using the Question Selection menu and its
Favorites submenu feature
- favorites may be selected as you review question
details in the first place (as described in the fourth slide above,
titled "Detailed Review Screen - Part 2"
- you can also select favorites at any time using the
Pick Favorites menu feature, which brings up the screen shown
here
- all you have to do is check or uncheck boxxes, then
click on the Save button
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Customizing Questions and Content
- in order to tailor fit to your own talents and
abilities, you may wish to customize the text of the questions, their
supporting material, or even add you own questions
- complete customization is a unique feature of
Retail Interview Plus, as shown in this
slide
- you can switch to customization mode by using
the Action Modes ... menu and its
Edit / Add Questions submenu feature
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Tips & Advice - Part 1
- Retail Interview Plus
also includes "Tips & Advice", full of useful interviewing advice from
our career management experts
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Tips & Advice - Part 2
- this slide shows part of the
Interview Etiquette tips
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