Went to see my co-op advisor today. She walked me through a mock interview. From what she told me at the end, I did pretty good. I just need to work on my wording. I have the right concept, I have the right intention. Only thing that really caught her attention was me telling her my future goals.
She said they shouldn't be brought up unless they could be used as a tool to help you sell yourself. I guess that was my error.
But I hardly believe ONE thing could ruin my chances at a job at the places I interviewed. I mean, I explained that I was looking for something stable that I would want to work at for a long time. My goals have nothing to do with that. They could be pipe dreams. The point of internship is to see if these other careers will spark any interest. I may change my goals based on the job.
My qualifications:
I have been on two co-ops. Both have been Internet related. I am very familiar with internet tools, languages, layouts, and audience. I know how to maintain a webpage, recreate a webpage from a template, and just flat out design a webpage if I needed to. I am very adaptable when it comes to the web. There is no concept that I can not learn given time.
I am a computer science major. My expertese lies within coding concepts, dynamics, and processes. I know how a computer works, how it functions. Based on those fundamentals, I can therefore figure out any program. I have been using windows and windows based products for the last twelve years of my life. There is no windows based program that I cannot learn and train another person in. My learning curve is very good, I only need to be shown something once before I can copy it.
I am very independant. Once I am told what to do, I will do it by myself and teach myself. I do not believe this is a hindrance, because it should not slow down the workplace given that I am a quick learning. I'm not afraid to work in groups, nor am I afraid to give my opinion.
There's alot more stuff, but I'm not going into it. If i kept it up, soon all you'd be seeing on the screen is "blah blah blah, talking about myself".
Not much happened today though, so i had to fill the space with something.
She said they shouldn't be brought up unless they could be used as a tool to help you sell yourself. I guess that was my error.
But I hardly believe ONE thing could ruin my chances at a job at the places I interviewed. I mean, I explained that I was looking for something stable that I would want to work at for a long time. My goals have nothing to do with that. They could be pipe dreams. The point of internship is to see if these other careers will spark any interest. I may change my goals based on the job.
My qualifications:
I have been on two co-ops. Both have been Internet related. I am very familiar with internet tools, languages, layouts, and audience. I know how to maintain a webpage, recreate a webpage from a template, and just flat out design a webpage if I needed to. I am very adaptable when it comes to the web. There is no concept that I can not learn given time.
I am a computer science major. My expertese lies within coding concepts, dynamics, and processes. I know how a computer works, how it functions. Based on those fundamentals, I can therefore figure out any program. I have been using windows and windows based products for the last twelve years of my life. There is no windows based program that I cannot learn and train another person in. My learning curve is very good, I only need to be shown something once before I can copy it.
I am very independant. Once I am told what to do, I will do it by myself and teach myself. I do not believe this is a hindrance, because it should not slow down the workplace given that I am a quick learning. I'm not afraid to work in groups, nor am I afraid to give my opinion.
There's alot more stuff, but I'm not going into it. If i kept it up, soon all you'd be seeing on the screen is "blah blah blah, talking about myself".
Not much happened today though, so i had to fill the space with something.
posted by Allen M @ 7/03/2003 02:15:00 AM
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