Employers look for strong public speaking skills when hiring new employees

In using the stock issues to analyze a policy proposition to determine the potential

issues he will argue, the opponent (a) needs to remember he only needs to defeat the advocate on one of the stock issues in order to prevail. (b) can develop generic arguments that apply to a number of different interpretations of a proposition, such as the cost of a proposal. (c) generate potential issues on both sides of the controversy in order to anticipate what the advocate might argue. (d) All of the above

The interviewer who asks himself/herself such questions as "Will the interviewee know what the interview is about, and will the interviewee want to participate in the interview?" is addressing which two components of the interview's opening?

a. orientation and motivation b. first impressions and orientation c. credibility and motivation d. credibility and first impressions