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Bangerter-GosteliCorvalan2017
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Bangerter-GosteliCorvalan2017
Author(s) Adrian Bangerter, Paloma Gosteli-Corvalan
Title Taking the Initiative in Job Interviews: Extended Responses to Questions and Storytelling
Editor(s) Simona Pekarek Doehler, Adrian Bangerter, Geneviève de Weck, Laurent Filliettaz, Esther González-Martínez, Cécile Petitjean
Tag(s) EMCA, Job Interviews, Impression management, Initiative-taking
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Year 2017
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Pages 117-142
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DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-46867-9_5
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Institution
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Howpublished
Book title Interactional Competences in Institutional Settings: From School to the Workplace
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Abstract

Job interviews are characterized by question-answer sequences between recruiters and candidates. Candidates’ answers are used to assess their suitability for a job, thereby conferring an evaluative character to the job interview. Various literatures propagate normative pictures of how candidates should “take the initiative” in interviews to present a positive image of themselves. We examine varying extents to which young candidates do or do not “take the initiative,” ranging from brief and hesitant responses to cases where candidates aptly use the context afforded by recruiters’ questions to further self-presentational activities. We focus on storytelling as a particularly challenging extended-turn activity and examine how recruiters actively enable candidates’ initiative-taking. By successful initiative-taking, candidates demonstrate their ability to orient to the normative expectations of the interview situation.

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