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Alexi Baluha
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Susan Pierce
Pratt & Whitney
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Comments for the student: Hi Lexi,
I was impressed you took the time to test out the zoom link before your call. You prepared answers to the slated questions pretty well, but they sounded read, versus conversational - it's good to know what you want to say, but make it conversational/natural so it doesn't sound too rehearsed. Practice with a friend or family member. Look up typical questions hiring managers may ask and think about how you might answer. Most are behavior based which is why you'll get a lot of 'tell me about a time when you had to deal with x, and how you responded.'
- I wasn't clear on the role you were applying to - which I think was at Rob Levine & Associates. That could have been on me as the interviewer, not you. However, my feedback for preparing for an interview is to read the qualifications and responsibilities, and have real life examples of how you could do that function, and in areas where you don't have experience, because you are early career/intern/coop, use that as an opportunity to say you hope to gain relevant experience and are confident you can adapt and learn in that area. None of us are ever fully prepared for the job, but it shows thoughtful consideration on why you've applied to the job.
- Figure out what the hiring manager wants and needs in those qualifications/responsibilities and how you can meet or exceed the expectation.
- Work on small talk and conversation as a way to break the ice and get to know the hiring manager/panel - they will be looking for whether you are a good cultural fit for their team, not just if you can do the tasks they need you to complete.
- For your resume, here is some format/content feedback, and I am happy to set up another time to go into further detail and workshop it with you:
Craft your professional profile to be more concise and a bit more of a honed description of what your brand is. From our interview, you sounded family-centric and hope to eventually practice family law. Your profile is your resume's 'elevator speech' and should be 1-3 sentences that discuss your value preposition (soft and hard skills), who you are and where you want to go. Using your own words, but reformatted some, you might want something like this : "I am a hardworking and dedicated young professional, with demonstrated customer service excellence, attention to detail, and flexibility in fast-paced environments, seeking opportunities within a law firm for undergraduate experience within the legal field. I am actively pursuing an accelerated and rigorous law program with the intent to practice family law."
-Add the remaining soft or hard skills I deleted from your professional profile into your skills area - you can list your soft 'people/interpersonal' skills on a resume and your technical/hard skills such as microsoft.
- Are you in the 3+3 program at QU for bachelor of law and JD? spell that out somehow on your resume - it is rigorous and shows drive and ambition
- I would up the font size and lessen the spaces you have on the resume. It's understandable as a young adult you will not have a lot of professional experience yet.
- Add your high school education that's completed, because you are young. Especially if you graduated with a good GPA for example - it's ok to list that.
- Look up how to better use action verbs to describe your food service experience as a hostess that can show transferable skills in a professional environment (google it :) ) If you can ethically and comfortably add some of the same types of job qualifications and buzz words that job postings have, you will help get past HR recruiters or automated systems that are looking for specific language that ties to the role you're applying for.
- Revamp your Best Buddies experience and state 'mentored an individual with intellectual development and disabilities' through one-on-one friendship program
- Keep the fundraising of $7000 there, but add what you did to contribute to that fundraiser (i.e. assisted in registration activities at gala, participated in phone bank, where I personally helped X dollars be captured by donors, walked with my Best Buddy in an annual walkathon and personally raised x, or volunteered at all day golf-tournament doing x/y/z."
Good variety of interests, but make it truly interest based - I wouldn't list internships or group projects (list team-work, multi-functional collaboration in skills, and you'll touch about your desire for internship in your profile and cover letter), and maybe rephrase your interest on nannying and dog-sitting to be more general. It's ok to call it spending time with family, dogs. People want to know you have a variety of hobbies and interests. Know where you want to travel to next or where you most recently went that you enjoyed and why in case they ask on an interview. They'll want to break the ice with you too and see how you do on the spot.
- Research the firm you want to work for and be prepared to drop into the conversation a few reasons why you want to work there. For example, 'when I Rob researched Rob Levine and Associates, I was impressed with Rob's early career as an EMT. Like him, I originally thought that I would go into health services to help others, but find practicing law as an opportunity to help families.'
- Lexi DID try to draw that personal comparison from starting out medically oriented and decided she was better suited to help others through legal practice. Kudos! So, this could be an excellent interview talking point if she's asked to interview for that firm. It also shows she looked into them and researched them well and isn't just clicking apply here.
- Also well done on overcoming some technical issues we had and calling me for the remainder of our interview.
- Lexi, you're on the right track - tweak it a little and you'll be a knock it out of the park.
Comments for faculty: Lexi did very well overall - the main feedback is research more but then make it fluid and conversational, so it does not come off as disingenuous or too rehearsed. She was confident and pleasant on the call.
I would have liked to see her make an effort to be on camera and show time/effort was made on that.
We had some connectivity issues to be fair, and we accommodated accordingly.
I hope my comments/feedback are not too extensive. As a parent with a soon to be freshman in college, and a strong desire to mentor others, I want to give feedback students can learn from and use that is specific and actionable instead of just flat critique or empty platitudes.
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Faculty: B Frankel
SBU
SB*250
DS
Spring 2023
If you are in direct contact with you interviewer, it is often considered a best practice to send a brief thank-you note following the interview. Within that note, you can share your interview feedback link.
Here is some sample language you can use within your thank-you note, which we encourage you to revise as you feel is most appropriate:
As I am new to the interviewing process and always looking to improve, I'd like to ask if you would take a minute to give me some (anonymous) interview feedback.
The following link [insert your interview feedback URL] contains just five general questions about my interview performance and is designed to be completed in under a minute.
If you are not in direct contact with your interviewer, it’s still often considered a best practice to send a brief thank-you note to the interview coordinator following your interview(s). Within that note, you can share your interview feedback link.
Here is some sample language you can use within your thank-you note, which we encourage you to revise as you see best fit or feel most appropriate:
As I am new to the interviewing process and always looking to improve, I'd like to ask if my interviewers could take a minute to give me some (anonymous) interview feedback.
The following link [insert your interview feedback URL] contains just five general questions about my interview performance and is designed to be completed in under a minute.
I'd be greatly appreciative if you could share this link so I can receive their anonymous feedback.
