Reviews research in several areas of nonverbal communication that relate directly to success or failure during the employment interview. Areas covered are: (1) eyes, (2) hand behavior, (3) smiles, (4) clothing, (5) space/distance, (6) paralanguage, (7) posture, and (8) time. (FL)

Provides suggestions for conduct during the business interview process. (KS)

Provides a transcript of college graduates interviewing an on-campus interviewer. (HOD)

Describes a study that was designed to identify specific nonverbal behaviors that influence interviewer judgment. (HOD)

Describes the usefulness of role-playing as a technique to increase students' motivation, teach interviewing skills, and encourage active participation. A business communications interview evaluation sheet is provided. (KS)

Describes ways to use the job interview as a topic in college technical writing assignments, including role-playing either the interviewer or interviewee, observing a professional interviewer at work, and generating business correspondence as a result of an interview. (RL)

Offers a classroom exercise on job interviews that acquaints students with the stages and the actual time-frame of a good interview and gives them classroom practice in being interviewed. (RL)

Describes some little-discussed elements of the job interview, including what people should say, how they should say it, stage fright, tough questions, and interview order. (RL)

Reports on a field study that examined communication behaviors in job interviews. Recommends a training method for developing the communication skills that job applicants will need. (RL)

Outlines a unit that prepares students for the job application situation. (RL)

Outlines a teaching technique that places students in two fictional identities, job applicant and employer/evaluator, to give them practical experiences in the hiring situation. (RL)