Name: Emily Palacios Date: 4/18/2016

Period: 4B

Interview Questions
Employment Skills
1. What job are you applying for? News Reporter
2. Why do you think you want this particular kind of job?
1. Since I enjoy being both outdoors and indoors, I would be comfortable in the kinds
of environments that they work in.
2. Speaking to big audiences is not a problem for me.
3. This would give me the significant knowledge I would require to reach my overall
goal.
4. Informing people of important and new ideas and subjects is very important to me.
3. What talents or special skills do you have relevant to this job?
1. Communicating with others
2. Learning new skills/ subjects quickly
3. Computer/ Technical Literacy
4. Flexibility/ Adaptability/ Managing Multiple Priorities
4. What kind of working experience do you have?
1. Babysitting taught me the importance of responsibility.
2. Helping with the making of a yearbook, helped me with my communication skills.
3. Cleaning around the house showed me organization skills.
5. What are your future plans and goals?
1. To get a job as a reporter/ anchor
2. To be an anchor on the Today show.
3. To be an actress on SNL
6. What extra curricular activities do you participate in?
1. Church Musical Band which enhances my creativity.
2. Volleyball helps me maintain good focus and attention skills.
3. Track and Field helps me stay in shape and healthy so that I can attend work every
day.
7. What hours are you willing to work and when are you not available?
1. Monday- Friday are days that I am available at any time after 6:00 to 10:00pm
2. On Saturdays I am available from 9:00am- 6:00pm on Sundays I am available from
3:00pm- 10:00pm
8. Do you prefer working with other people or by yourself and why?
I work well with both opportunities, because I have experienced both many times at
school and at home and I feel that I have enough work ethic to do both whenever needed.
9. What are your strongest work values?
1. Work Environment
2. Achievement

Name: Emily Palacios Date: 4/18/2016

Period: 4B

Interview Questions
Employment Skills
3. Recognition

10. Are you willing to relocate with our company if necessary? Why?
Relocating is not a problem if necessary. I am willing to do this because if relocating
means growth and getting closer to my overall goal then I will take whatever precautions
necessary to be successful.
11. How much money do you expect to begin earning with this job?
Money is not a very big priority to me. I want to focus on the bigger picture of being a
successful and well-known reporter no matter how much money I make.
12.
What are your strengths? Why should we hire you?
1. One strength that I obtain is being able to focus and strive on a project and succeed
at it.
2. The skill of work ethic even at the times when I am under pressure.
3. The skill of creativeness and finding new and innovative ways to do my work.
Finding a responsible and hard working person is not easy; someone who cares and
works hard to solve problems. I am one of those people and getting this job would make
me a more responsible, creative, and skilled person.
13. What are your weaknesses?
1. Trying to turn a negative into a positive.
2. Impatience
3. Being too much of a perfectionist
14. What do you not like doing with this kind of work?
1. Traveling through car is a bit of a difficulty because I get car sick after 2-4 hours
of driving.
15. What questions would you like to ask me about this job?
1. What can you tell me about the job that isnt in the description?
2. Why is this position open? Is it a new position or replacement?
3. What is the toughest day of the week or year etc? Why?
16. If you were stranded on a desert island by yourself what three things would you want
to have with you and why?
1. A salt water purifier
2. A box of matches
3. A knife