Prepare for Interview Questions

Guidance for students preparing for an internship interview. This recruiting season is winding up. Met a lot of great students. I always give out my contact information, but students rarely follow-up. One did and asked for help with interviewing. Apparently she’s applied scores of times, been interviewed a half dozen times, and received no offers.… Continue reading Prepare for Interview Questions

Recommend: Effective Communicator and Interviewer Conference

Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Jan 2016.

Waking up in my own bed again after two days in Palo Alto for the Manager Tools training on DISC (Effective Communications Conference — ECC) and interviewing (Effective Interviewer Conference — EIC). Bottom Line: I recommend them, both. The Experience The setting was intimate. There were 11 attendees the first day and seven the second.… Continue reading Recommend: Effective Communicator and Interviewer Conference

STAR Interview Tip

Focus your answer to behavioral interview questions.

If an interviewer asks you a question like, “Tell me about a time when you evaluated a new technology to solve an old problem,” be sure to use the STAR Model to help yourself give a satisfying answer. STAR stands for Situation, Task, Action, Result. It’s great for answering all sorts of questions about your… Continue reading STAR Interview Tip