An interview allows the employer to assess your qualifications for the job or internship, your fit with the organization, how well you have considered your reasons for applying, how clearly you express your potential contribution, and your “soft skills” such as communication and professionalism. In essence, the interviewer wants to know: Why should we hire you? Interviews are also an opportunity for YOU to evaluate the organization and whether the opportunity you’ve applied for aligns with your professional interests, skills, values, and goals.
By Stav Ziv
“Tell me about yourself” might seem like an easy win of an interview question—after all, you know all about yourself! And good thing, too, because it’s often the very first thing an interviewer will ask you …
“So you’ve been asked to deliver a presentation to a hiring team. What’s expected of you, and what should you expect?
Cicely Zhu, an analytical chemist and writer who worked in biopharma for over a decade, told BioSpace presentations are “standard practice” …
As a student at Harvard, you have access to StrengthsProfile, a 20-minute online data and research backed self-assessment tool from Cappfinity. According to Cappfinity, “a strength is something we perform well at, is energizing and we do often – in summary, …
