Category: Interview Tips
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Psychometrics Tips and Concerns
Psychometrics has been very useful in the educational field. It has been the guide of teachers and school administrators in determining mental capacity, achievement level emotional and vocational aptitude and other psychological aspects. Results of psychometric testing have been used as basis of educational actions and strategies. Psychometrics has also been used in the professional…
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Mastering the Elevator Pitch
Elevator pitch or speech is a very short speech about a product, an individual or yourself. The term “elevator” refers to the fact that you only have a few seconds, usually within 30 seconds, just like in an elevator ride. Businesses use this pitch to sell their wares; start-up companies use this to encourage venture…
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What I look for when interviewing a candidate…
Having founded a high-tech startup that grew to 35+ people before it was recently acquired, and from my years of experience in the high-tech industry, I have found that there are three things that really matter in hiring – attitude, passion and team work. Everything else stems from these three attributes. For me, a candidate’s…
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Stanford interview
Well, I had my third (and hopefully final) interview today with a Stanford Alum. My general feelings are: We didn’t really connect or click to the degree that I expected. As for the interview itself, I think that went fine. I’m not disappointed, but I’m not exuberant either. I thought I would ENJOY my Stanford…
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Wharton interview and other developments
I just got through my Wharton interview. Bottom line: it went “very well” (quote from interviewer). And now the details… It was a hectic day at work as usual, building upon yesterday’s madness and increasing frustrations as the Director on my project keeps expanding the scope on me, knowing full well what our resource limitations…