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Successful Interviewing Guide for Career Fair and Job Interviews

Learn key strategies for acing career fairs and job interviews, including resume tips, elevator speech techniques, and interview preparation guidance for phone, technical, and managerial interviews. Maximize your strengths, behavioral insights, and technical knowledge to impress potential employers.

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Successful Interviewing Guide for Career Fair and Job Interviews

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  1. InterviewingMike Shelton, Penny Garrison

  2. Resume • Objective (What you want to do, Greatest Strength) • Course Work • GPA • Projects • Computer Languages • Experience • Extra’s (Leadership Opportunities, Clubs, Hobbies) • Succinct, not wordy • Review (Professor, Career Center, Current/Previous Employer)

  3. Career Fair • Dress To Impress • Resume in Hand • Elevator Speech • 30 seconds or less • Who are you • What can you do for me • Experience • GPA • Career Interests • Favorite Courses/Projects • Eye Contact • Personal Space

  4. Interview - Phone • No Computers or Books • Prepare • Fundamentals • Data Structures • Sophomore Type Classes • Problem Solving • What is the Job • Responsibilities • Location • What is next? • Am I Interested?

  5. Interview - Technical • Preparation • Focus on Fundamentals • Depth of technical knowledge • What Employer is looking for • What do you know now • What can you learn • Questions • Compare and Contrast a Heap and a Stack • What are they looking for? • Write a method that …. • Don’t Panic

  6. Interview - Manager • Don’t Control the Interview • Keep answers to around 2 minutes (or less) • Think about what you want the interviewer to know about your strengths as you answer • Real world examples • Focus is behavioral instead of technical • How you work • How you interact with others • Talents • Weaknesses • Blindsides • Did you answer the question clearly?

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