Objectives:

Mock interviews are good practice for improving your communication skills and your ability to write and respond to questions related to international business. If you are a job seeker or a member of the HR department in an international company, you must be prepared to ask and answer questions. Both of you need to have your CV handy, so make sure your "mock resume" is polished and updated. 

Each group will conduct two interviews: one in Spanish, one in English.  SUNY Geneseo students will RESPOND/be interviewed in Spanish, the student in Universidad del Caribe will RESPOND/be interviewed in ENGLISH.

Situation: You work in the department of Human Resources for an international company. You are interviewing someone interested in working for your company. The interview shouldn’t last more than 15 minutes. Each group will prepare questions to be used in the mocks interviews. Make sure that both your questions and answers are thoughtful; they go to the point,  are based on working for teams for international negotiations, international business sales, or international new start-ups. Your instructor will provide you with some examples in class. 

All students read: 

 

In class, have the initial meeting with your group and exchange contact information.  Then your group will email the students in your partner group and establish a time in the next week when you can ALL meet to have a conversation in Zoom or Meet. 

Each group of students will make a short (maximum 3 minutes) video about yourselves (in Spanish).  If you do not know how to do this on a laptop or phone someone in your group will know.  Some things to consider having in your video: 

Your typical commute (in a bus? By bike? Walking?), meals, friends, pets, their job, where you live, sports, nature, your university - whatever you want to show.

Post your videos on the Padlet group so that we can all see them.  Watch the video of your group at SUNY/UC.  Students watch each other’s videos in small groups and ask questions, react, and discuss.

The infographics to be prepared must meet the following criteria:

For each work team, you will assume the role of buyer or seller for a batch of computers, in which you will put your negotiation skills to the test. The activity can be performed asynchronously (via email) or synchronously (via Meet or Skype). Your teachers will assign the roles you will play.