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A 6 page paper that begins by presenting a scenario of two American interviewers and a German interviewee. The paper reports the assumptions made and how they could have been avoided. The writer also comments on the importance of having an awareness of the other culture to avoid miscommunications or drawing the wrong conclusions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and firm. He is dressed very well in a suit and tie and is perfectly groomed, sits very straight in the chair and responds directly, rather bluntly, in fact, to
each question that is asked, volunteering nothing more than needed to respond to the question. The German interviewee has excellent eye contact, his eye contact is nearly piercing. The
interviewee discusses his experience in mostly short sentences. Hw elaborates when asked. His English is extremely good but he does have a pronounced German accent. He does not ask any
questions during the interview. He also addresses each of the interviewers with "Mr." and their surname. However, the interviewers addressed the German interviewee by his first name. During the interview,
the American interviewers try to inject humor but the interviewee does not seem to get it. One of them reaches over to touch the mans arm and the interviewee seems
to back off just a tad. The American interviewers make some assumptions, all interviewers begin making assumptions very early in the interview. In this case, the interviewers made assumptions
before the man entered the room based on what they think they know about Germans. Specifically, they are hard workers and most likely dedicated employees. At the end of
the interview, the American interviewers decide the German interviewee is rather rigid. They think he has no sense of humor and why did he shy away from the ones touch
on his arm, anyway? Basically, they decide that the man is not very forthcoming, rigid, reserved and/or inflexible and his communication pattern is more than straightforward, it is blunt. They
decide not to offer him the position and they may have made a huge mistake. The Americans may have drawn a different conclusion if they were really aware of
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