Resume Writing Workshop

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Marketing Club MBA Workshop
Planning and Executing Successful FIT Interview
Questions
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Successful Interviewing

• What Well Cover
• - Preparing for the Interview
• - Different Question Types
• - Effective Answer Techniques
• - Interview Etiquette/Non-Verbal Communication

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Preparing for the Interview

• Use your resume as a worksheet -
  Identify and make a list of attributes
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Creativity
• Analytical
• Personal Reflection
• You may not see a particular project as
  reflecting a certain characteristic but it
  does.
• Look at old resumes and old performance
  evaluations
• Have a friend or career counselor look at your
  resume

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Preparing for the Interview

• What To Do
• Memorize your resume
• Research the function and company of your choice
• Brainstorm possible questions and answers
• Do a Mock Interview

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Preparing for the Interview

• What Not To Do
• Wing it
• Rely on interviewer agenda

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Typical Questions

• Tell me about yourself
• Leadership examples (bad good)
• Teamwork examples (bad good)
• Creative Problem Solving
• Initiative
• Weakness/Strengths

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Effective Answer Techniques

• The CAR Method
• - Describe the context (C) of the situation
• - Describe the actions you took (A)
• Show the results (R) of your actions
• DO MORE RESULT ACTION

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Tell me about yourself

• Focus on quickly summarizing skills, progression,
  and transitions
• Focus on Leadership, Team work etc.
• Do not stop at UMBS
• Dont forget nonacademic or work related items
• Pace yourself

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Sample Question Demonstration
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Leadership Initiative

• Lead with your best example
• Be prepared for more than one example
• Be prepared to answer a bad good example
• A good time to show initiative
• Does not have to be work related

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Sample Question Demonstration
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Teamwork

• Be prepared to answer a bad good example
• In your action be clear on what the team did but
  also highlight what you did
• In the result highlight the team result
• Good time to show FIT with an organization
• Cross functional Teams are always good

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Sample Question Demonstration
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Weakness Strengths

• A weakness should be real
• Show how you are progressing and improving
  (initiative)
• A strength should be explained
• Sometimes an example of a time you showed the
  strength is good

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Sample Question Demonstration
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Creative Problem Solving

• A good question to get at creativity
• Focus on action and result
• Be clear as to why this is creative
• Never Apologize that it isnt a great creative
  example

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Sample Question Demonstration
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Answer Style Tips

• Speak in the first person
• Be positive
• Use every question to your advantage
• Use a sense of humor

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Summary Tips

• Know what your are selling, who you are selling
  it to and how to sell it
• Practice, Practice, Practice
• Be prepared to direct the interview
• Always tell the truth
• Ask thoughtful/smart questions
• Ask for a follow-up schedule
• Dont Horde offers and Relax!!!!

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• QUESTIONS?