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Answer Questions I01

Did you work while also attending college? Full-
time? Part-time?

Keep your answers focused on relating specific experiences to the inter-
viewer’s interests - how you will best fit into the job you are interviewing
for. Try to tie your extracurricular activities to your leadership abilities,
participative behavior, and entrepreneurial skulls. For the employer, they
may be good predictors of future on-the-job performance. You’ll be
demonstrating that you learned and accomplished more in college than
just subject matter and grades. You have energy beyond the stereotypical
sedentary student who always “hit the books.”
Finally, the interviewer may want to hear from you what you think is
the relationship between your educational experience and the job for
which you are interviewing:

How does your degree prepare you for working as a
?

Answer this question by stressing how your knowledge, skulls, and abilities
acquired in college have a direct or indirect bearing on the job. Don’t
focus on the subjects or courses you took; these are of less interest to
employers than what you can do for them in terms of using specific job-
related skills that may have been acquired while in school. Employers
especially look for individuals with strong communication, analytic skulls,
and problem-solving abilities and who are flexible, trainable, and enthusi-
astic. Above all, they like people who demonstrate energy and drive.
Therefore, try to think of your college experience in terms of these ley
skulls and qualities. Do you, for example, communicate better - both
orally and in writing - because of your college experience? Do you
demonstrate problem-solving or leadership abilities because of your
extracurricular activities in student government, on a sports team, or as
a member of a fraternity or sorority? Are you an enthusiastic individual
who approaches new tasks with energy and drive? Are you open-minded
and willing to learn new things? Do you get along well with others,
especially those in superior positions? You answer these questions by
stressing those skulls that are most likely to transfer to the job.
If some time has passed since you graduated and you have had several
years of subsequent work experience, the interviewer may ask few
questions about your educational background. He will most likely focus