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You are preparing to interview candidates for the Executive Assistant position and you will use the essential functions you defined in the Individual project just completed. You need to select an interviewing technique, which will give you guidelines on information you need to know and the right types of questions to ask. Using your course materials and the Internet, choose an interviewing style and design 10 questions. Document your reasoning.

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This solution deals with the interviewing style and about 10 questions that would be asked to potential candidates for the position of an Executive Assistant

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You are preparing to interview candidates for the Executive Assistant position and you will use the essential functions you defined in the Individual project just completed. You need to select an interviewing technique, which will give you guidelines on information you need to know and the right types of questions to ask. Using your course materials and the Internet, choose an interviewing style and design 10 questions. Document your reasoning.

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Considering the job profile of an Executive Assistant, his/her work activities are going to include (Ce.com, 2007):
? Coordinating and overseeing the administrative functions
? Provide support for personnel.
? Scheduling, planning, and organizing of meetings, events, travel and offsite visits.
? Professional handling of incoming and outgoing correspondence and telephone calls.

Since most of the activities to be performed in general by the Executive Assistant are based on communication, I would go for a Behavioral-based interviewing ...

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