Interviews

Interviewing - are you ready to ask questions? Answer them?

Interviews occur when an employer sees potential in a candidate’s resume. For many students, they may have little or no experience with interviewing, so we have compiled some general tips as well as advice for preparation and tips for during the interview. Waterloo's Centre for Career Action can also help you with interview skills. If you are not getting any job offers after attending interviews, you might want to talk to someone about your interviewing skills!

General tips/info

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    Ensure your social media is CLEAN. Nothing juvenile, nothing improper or inappropriate that would indicate that you do not have reasonable and sound judgement. Nothing that would make an employer hestitate about hiring you. Many employers will sniff around social media to see if they can find you, learn more about you.

    The reason a company hires you isn’t for you, but rather they are paying you to add value to their company.

    Only apply for jobs you’d actually take if you were offered (don’t waste people’s time by applying for a job you wouldn’t actually take).

    Your best odds on landing an interview as a junior student comes when you consider applying to jobs that others do not want, in places others do not want to go. This ensures that you enter a small pool of resumes which may increase your odds.

Preparation

During the interview

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