Interview Resource - Keller ISD Schools
Interview Resource - Keller ISD Schools
Interview Resource - Keller ISD Schools
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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