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INTERVIEW RESOURCE | 1<br />

<strong>Interview</strong> <strong>Resource</strong><br />

2011: The Age of Empire<br />

Table of Contents<br />

Preface: Meet the Judges .................................................................................................. 3<br />

The Rubric and Résumé .................................................................................................. 4<br />

The Résumé ....................................................................................................................................... 4<br />

Religion on the Résumé ................................................................................................................... 6<br />

Pare Down the Paragraphs ............................................................................................................... 6<br />

Dress, Appearance, and Demeanor .................................................................................. 7<br />

Dress and Appearance: To a T ............................................................................................................ 7<br />

The Handshake: Don’t Shake Them Up ............................................................................................ 8<br />

Say Cheese to Collect 100 Points ........................................................................................................ 9<br />

Posture: Straight as an Arrow ............................................................................................................ 10<br />

Don’t Gesture like a Jester ................................................................................................................ 10<br />

The Eight Basic Questions ............................................................................................. 12<br />

Responding to Questions ............................................................................................... 14<br />

Take Them by Surprise .................................................................................................................... 14<br />

Modesty............................................................................................................................................ 15<br />

Optimism ......................................................................................................................................... 16<br />

Be Heard .......................................................................................................................................... 16<br />

Ready, Set… ..................................................................................................................................... 17<br />

Talk With, Not At ............................................................................................................................ 17<br />

Judge the Judge ................................................................................................................................ 17<br />

Eye Meet You ................................................................................................................................... 18<br />

Probe-and-Hook is Not Hocus-Pocus .............................................................................................. 18<br />

Sentimentality .................................................................................................................................. 19<br />

Stay on Topic ................................................................................................................................... 19<br />

Make Perfect ..................................................................................................................................... 19<br />

Advice from Recent Decathletes ....................................................................................................... 20<br />

Making Things Up ........................................................................................................ 21<br />

Practice <strong>Interview</strong> Questions .......................................................................................... 22<br />

50 More Traditional <strong>Interview</strong> Questions ......................................................................................... 22<br />

Academic Decathlon: The Competition ........................................................................................ 22<br />

Academic Decathlon: The Preparation .......................................................................................... 22<br />

School and Extracurricular Activities ............................................................................................. 22<br />

Post-Secondary Education Plans .................................................................................................... 23<br />

Long-Term Goals .......................................................................................................................... 23

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