Boost Your Interview IQ 2/E, 2nd Edition

PART VIQStudents and New Graduates

Anytime you’re trying to do something new, you usually don’t have as much confidence as someone who has a great deal of experience to draw from. But when it comes to interviewing for a job, you do have resources to call on that you may not realize. For example, you have experiences and stories from your education, classes you took, part-time work you’ve done, volunteer work you’ve been doing, and internships and externships you’ve completed. Maybe you’ve served on a committee, been an officer for your fraternity or sorority, or led a group project; or maybe there’s something interesting about your hobbies or your personal life experiences. These topics will become the basis for the stories you will relate to ...