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on your work experience, or how your education prepared you for the
work you do. Expect to be asked:

Why did you choose to attend u n iversi ty?

How did your major relate to your work after grad-
uation?

I notice you have an MBA. What do you think about
working with people who have MBAs? Are they real-
ly as sharp as we are led to believe?

I see you majored in history, but you've been
selling pharmaceuticals during the past 15 years.
Do you feel it was a mistake majoring in history?

If you had to do it all over again, what would you
major in and what degrees would you pursue?

Are you planning to take any additional graduate
work during the next few years?

Have you ever thought of changing careers by going
back to school to get another degree? What would
you like to do if you had a chance to take two years
off and return to the university as a full-time stu-
dent?

If you graduated several years ago, the interviewer may want to how
about your educational and training progress in recent years. He may be
loolcing for indicators of your willingness to keep current in your field as
well as learn new skulls. You might, for example, encounter some of these
questions about your education and training experiences:

Have you regularly participated in company-spon-
sored education and training programs? Could you
elaborate on which ones you attended, for how
long, and what you felt you learned in the process?