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Re: Inteview questions -- L.H. Kevil Stephen D. Clark 27 Oct 1999 15:18 UTC

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Inteview questions -- Jerri Swinehart
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:03:01 -0500
From: "Kevil, L H." <KevilL@missouri.edu>

Hi Jerri,

Here are our questions:

        Questions for Library Clerk Candidates

· Can you meet the physical requirements listed in the job description?
Characterize your manual dexterity.
·

· Foreign language knowledge

· Are you able to work 8-5?

· Are you able to work up to 4 hours straight on a PC or terminal (with
breaks)?

· How much library experience do you have?

· How much automation experience do you have

· What do consider to be your strengths and weaknesses?

· What made you decide to apply for this position?

· What can you bring to the job? What can the job give you?

· How detail-oriented are you?

· What circumstances or situations at work have caused you the greatest
frustration? How do you deal with frustration? Give actual examples, if
possible.

· Discuss actual people problems you have had in the workplace & how you
handled them. If no actual examples, discuss how you would handle a
hypothetical problem of your choice

· Discuss your organizational skills. (ever-changing environment,
flexibility, etc.,)

· What qualities would you like to see in your own supervisor?

Hunter

L. Hunter Kevil,
Collection Development Librarian,
176 Ellis Library,
University of Missouri-Columbia,
Columbia, MO 65201
Voice:  573-884-8760
Fax:    573-882-6034
E-mail: KevilL@missouri.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen D. Clark [mailto:sdclar@mail.wm.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 9:55 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Inteview questions -- Jerri Swinehart

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Inteview questions
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:17:15 -0400
From: Jerri Swinehart <swinehar@OAKLAND.EDU>

        Shortly I will be interviewing candidates for a Serials Clerk
position. My predecessor in the manager's position apparently
destroyed all extant copies of interview questions. While there are
interview questions that apply across ALL positions in Technical
Services, are there other questions that would be beneficial to ask? It
occurred to me, for example, that a question about being detail-oriented
would be appropriate. Anyone have any suggestions?

        If this is not of interest to the list, please e-mail me
privately.

        Thank you.

        Jerri Swinehart
        Manager-Technical Services
        Oakland University
        Kresge Library
        Rochester, Michigan 48309-4401
        swinehar@oakland.edu
        (248)-370-2478

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