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Name: Jocelyn Dacosta

JOB
INTERVIEW
1. Hrothgar: What about our company interests you?
Beowulf: I’m interested in the fame of this company.

2. Hrothgar: What specific skills can you bring to better the company?
Beowulf: I can bring great courage, and wisdom and loyalty, and willingness
to better the company.

3. Hrothgar: Why do you want to leave your current job?


Beowulf: I only want to temporarily leave my current job to be able to solve
the problem your company has.
Directions:
Read Beowulf’s
famous self-
introduction
beginning with 4. Hrothgar: What makes you unique from the other applicants and why
the lines “Hail should we hire you?
thou, Hrothgar! I
am Higelac’s Beowulf: I’m very different from the other applicants because im the best in
kinsman..” everything I do.
After reading,
translate
Beowulf’s boast
into job interview 5. Hrothgar: What questions do you have about this company?
responses. You Beowulf: I have one question about how this company works as a
will act out the
answers so make
community.
them interesting
and accurate.
©Ashley Bible Building Book Love
Name:

CONFIDENCE
Read “Get That Job! Nine Ways To Interview With Confidence” by Louis Efron from Forbes. Though
written hundreds of years apart, choose 2 confidence techniques from the article that Beowulf
seemed to have utilized when meeting Hrothgar. Use evidence to explain. Next, choose 1
technique you think would be helpful for you to try in one of your future interviews and explain
why you need it.

1. Beowulf- The technique that Beowulf stemmed to have utilized is that he’s amazingly good at
is power posing

2. Beowulf- The technique that Beowulf stemmed to have utilized is that he’s amazingly good at is
mastery.
Confidence is
defined as having
a firm trust in
3. You – I feel like a technique that I could use in a job interview that I don’t have is having good
someone or
confidence in my skill.
something. It’s
Read “The 10+ Most Important Job Skills Every Company Will Be Looking For In 2020” by
the feeling of self-
Bernard Marr from Forbes. As the article states, what employers value changes over time, but
assurance in
some core traits remain relevant. Using evidence from Beowulf, choose 1 skill from the article
one’s own
that Beowulf is confident in and explain. Next, choose 1 skill from the article that you are
abilities and
confident in and give specific examples to explain. Lastly, choose 1 skill that you need to build
qualities.
confidence in through experience or education and explain.
Beowulf exudes
1. Skill Beowulf is confident in- Critical Thinking because he’s able to react and have a solution
confidence when
quickly.
introducing
himself to
Hrothgar, which
not only gets him
2. Skill you are confident in- A skill im confident in is data literacy because im very organized.
the job, but also
mentally prepares
him to do the task
with self-
3. Skill you need to build confidence in- I need to build confidence in my critical thinking
assurance and
because im not that good at it as I should be.
success. ©Ashley Bible Building Book Love

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