Career Exploration: Basic Interviewing Techniques

Last Thursday at 1:00 pm, I attended the Basic Interviewing Techniques Workshop. The speaker was Dr. Ellen Stein. During the presentation, a student guide was distributed to students, which I found very informative and helpful. The agenda was straightforward and Dr. Stein touched on topics ranging from adjusting personal pitch to dressing for success to non-verbal communication. The most interesting thing I heard was regarding personal pitch, which is a brief “infomercial” in which the interviewee mentions his or her qualifications for the job, what makes he or she “the one.” I think this is probably one of the more important things to prepare for because this is the moment in which the interviewee spills the beans, par se. This is the one instance where it is to one’s disadvantage not to mention previous accomplishments, skills, and abilities- the interviewee must present himself or herself as the ideal employee. I have learned a lot from this workshop over a duration of  an hour and thirty minutes and would not mind going to another one in the near future to learn how to write the perfect résumé.