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New!  Interviewing Skills Workshops

A quick 30 minute presentation to help with your upcoming interviews
Thurs., Feb. 21 - Thurs., Mar. 7
11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Career Resource Center, Campus Life Building 235

  • No need to RSVP.
  • These are walk-in, come-as-you-are workshops.

Video Feature: Interviewing Success (Situational & Behavioral Interviews)

What Employers are Saying about Interviewing!

Employers identify poor interviewing skills and insufficient preparation as major obstacles for candidates being hired. Their resumes get them the interview, but lackluster interviews cost them the job.


What You Need to Know

  • Learn to tell YOUR story clearly and confidently
    (If you cannot tell your own story, how will you be able to tell the story of the organization seeking to hire you)?;

  • Most employers today interview candidates using questions that are "situation-based" and "behavioral-based":
    • Explain situations related to the job functions for which you are interviewing.
    • Describe what you did to address the situation(s).
    • What were the results that you acheived by your actions addressing the situation?
    • Describe how can your skills and experiences would contribute to the company's goals.
    • Do your homework BEFORE your interview
      Employer research is the single most important step in preparing for any interview. Know about a company's products or services, its markets, and its competitors.

If you don't know about these things, you won't interview well and you won't get the job. Think about it; would you choose someone for your team, ensemble or cast who couldn't express their own talents and skills in such a way that would lead you to say, "This person understands who we are and brings the skills we need."

The Career Services Guide provides an extensive bibliography of useful research publications that are available in the CRC and Founders Memorial Library.

The Huskies Get Hired! system and the Web are important sources of information about potential employers, and most of the employers who recruit at Northern have websites that give thorough descriptions of their businesses.

Access Huskies Get Hired! today to start researching employers for internships and jobs in preparation for your interviews.