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These interviews are not to obtain a position but to gather information on your career options, career path, and more. Informational interviews will enable you to:  \n● Make new connections in your field  \n● Learn about specific industries and employers  \n● Gain additional contacts and grow your network  \n@NCStateECE  \nInformational Interviewing  \nYour Role in the Informational Interview Process:  \n• Identify: Seek out people who you think can help you in your career journey to get more information.  \n• Research: What they do and where they work.  \n• Connect: Leverage your current contacts to make a soft introduction or connect on-line via LinkedIn  \n• Prepare: Use these sample questions:  \n○ Educational background  \n○ Day-to-day responsibilities  \n○ Important factors in hiring  \n○ Additional contacts they would recommend  \n@NCStateECE  \nInterview Types  \nDuring the job search process, you may participate many different types of interviews. Each interview type provides an excellent opportunity to market your skills to prospective employers and allow you ask questions to employers to gather more information on each job opportunity.  \n● Screener Interview  \n● Technical Interview  \n● Traditional Interview (Often with HR )  \n● Behavioral Interview (Determining fit)  \n@NCStateECE  \n“Tell me about yourself”  \n● You’re likely to get this question across all of your interviews.  \n● Try using “BAG” or “PPF” to serve as a memory device in helping you compose your thoughts.  \n• BAG: Background, Accomplishments, Goals  \n• PPF: Past, Present, Future  \n@NCStateECE  \nScreening Interview  \n● Commonly reviews your qualifications in relation to the job posting  \n● Will often ask questions related to your education/experiences and how they relate to the position you’re interested in.  \n● Often a phone interview, 15-30 minutes.  \nIf they ask if you would require sponsorship in the future and you do, do not lie about your answer. Think: Would you rather not get a call-backor not get sponsored once your OPT runs out? They ask this question so they can budget appropriately to successfully sponsor you.  \n@NCStateECE  \nTechnical Interview  \n●  Whiteboard Coding Interviews: 6 Steps to Solve Any Problem  \n●  Pramp  \n●  Leetcode  \n●  Cracking The Coding Interview  \n@NCStateECE  \n“Traditional” Interview  \n● Commonly the interview with the HR team:  \n○ Tell me about yourself  \n○ How does your experience/education relate to this position?  \n○ What are your strengths?*  \n○ What are your weaknesses?  \n■ The strength as a weakness answer can be overplayed try using “WAR” as a guide  \n■ WAR: Weakness-Action taking to resolve weakness-Result hoped for by taking action  \n@NCStateECE  \n“Traditional” Interview  \n@NCStateECE","cbCaih2nLTDgKdhm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaih2nLTDgKdhm","pdf",1892662,18,"English","# Informational Interviewing\n## Purpose and Value\n## Your Role in the Informational Interview Process\n# Interview Types\n## Screener Interview\n## Technical Interview\n## Traditional Interview\n## Behavioral Interview\n# Key Interview Question Strategies\n## “Tell me about yourself”","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose and value of informational interviews?\",\"answer\":\"Informational interviews are used to gather information on career options and paths rather than to obtain a position. 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