Interview Academy Slides

INTERVIEW ACADEMY

JOB

TYPES OF INTERVIEW

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS

INTERNSHIP

SCHOLARSHIP

PROGRAM PLACEMENT

INTERVIEWS START WITH YOU 

Experience

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Activities

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Skills

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Interests

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Goals

ACTIVITIES RESUME

 Students should have brought a resume

or activities list to review. If they did not, please give the resume handout and give them 10 minutes to fill in the form with activities that might be interesting to a College, Scholarship or Company. Then give each student a few minutes to share 3 things about themselves.

INTERVIEW FORMAT

PHONE

IN-PERSON

VIRTUAL (ZOOM/GOTO MEETING)

PREPARE FOR SUCCESS

INTERNET CONNECTION

HAIR/MAKEUP

DRESS CODE

DRESS TO IMPRESS

LIGHTING

TOP TIPS Be Prepared (Research) Prepare Talking Points Prepare Questions

Practice

Organization Program Resume Cheat Sheet About the Opportunity

Interviewer Experience Friend/Parents

Crosby Panel

TIPS

1 Be YOURSELF

2 Make Eye Contact

3 Thank Interviewer for time and opportunity

4 Try to make a personal connection

5 Be Brief but Complete!

TOP QUESTIONS ASKED Tell me about yourself?

What is your greatest Strength?

Greatest weakness or Describe a time you failed?

Why should we pick you?

Which Characteristic in the description do you align with?

What are your goals?

How do you define success?

What has been your proudest achievement?

What mark have you made on the world?

What do you do in your free time?

What lessons have you learned from 2020?

How will you look back on this past year?

Who is the most influential person in your life? Why?

Is there anything you would like us to know that we have not asked?

What questions do you have for us?

PRACTICE INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW EXERCISE- PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 2 SCENARIOS RESEARCH AND PREPARE TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.

Example 1 - College Scholarship - Moorhead Cain, Park or Levine - Find 4 things that might be important to know about the scholarship before interviewing.

Example 2 - Go to Indeed.com and find your dream job - Now come back and tell the class 4 things that they are looking for in a strong candidate.

TURN THE TABLES YOU ARE THE BOSS

You oversee a new business and need to hire staff to help you. What are you looking for in an employee? Why? How do you think you will find this out from interviews?