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INTERVIEW RESOURCE | 1 Interview Resource 2011: The Age of Empire Table of Contents Preface: Meet the Judges .................................................................................................. 3 The Rubric and Résumé .................................................................................................. 4 The Résumé ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Religion on the Résumé ................................................................................................................... 6 Pare Down the Paragraphs ............................................................................................................... 6 Dress, Appearance, and Demeanor .................................................................................. 7 Dress and Appearance: To a T ............................................................................................................ 7 The Handshake: Don’t Shake Them Up ............................................................................................ 8 Say Cheese to Collect 100 Points ........................................................................................................ 9 Posture: Straight as an Arrow ............................................................................................................ 10 Don’t Gesture like a Jester ................................................................................................................ 10 The Eight Basic Questions ............................................................................................. 12 Responding to Questions ............................................................................................... 14 Take Them by Surprise .................................................................................................................... 14 Modesty............................................................................................................................................ 15 Optimism ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Be Heard .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Ready, Set… ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Talk With, Not At ............................................................................................................................ 17 Judge the Judge ................................................................................................................................ 17 Eye Meet You ................................................................................................................................... 18 Probe-and-Hook is Not Hocus-Pocus .............................................................................................. 18 Sentimentality .................................................................................................................................. 19 Stay on Topic ................................................................................................................................... 19 Make Perfect ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Advice from Recent Decathletes ....................................................................................................... 20 Making Things Up ........................................................................................................ 21 Practice Interview Questions .......................................................................................... 22 50 More Traditional Interview Questions ......................................................................................... 22 Academic Decathlon: The Competition ........................................................................................ 22 Academic Decathlon: The Preparation .......................................................................................... 22 School and Extracurricular Activities ............................................................................................. 22 Post-Secondary Education Plans .................................................................................................... 23 Long-Term Goals .......................................................................................................................... 23
INTERVIEW RESOURCE | 2 Values ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Important Figures and Role Models .............................................................................................. 23 Life Outside of School ................................................................................................................... 23 Extras ............................................................................................................................................ 24 50 Much Less Traditional Interview Questions ................................................................................ 24 Controversial Issues ....................................................................................................................... 24 Up Close and Personal ................................................................................................................... 24 Thought-Provokers ........................................................................................................................ 24 Random Challenges ....................................................................................................................... 25 Memoirs of an Interview Judge ...................................................................................... 26 Case 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 26 Case 2 ............................................................................................................................................... 26 The Upshot ...................................................................................................................................... 27 About the Authors ......................................................................................................... 28 by Greta Baranowski Arizona State University Mesa – Mountain View High School ‘04 Daniel Berdichevsky Harvard University M.P.P. Stanford University B.A. & M.A. For Flint, who would have made a fine mascot—if he’d existed. DemiDec and Scholar’s Cup are registered trademarks of the DemiDec Corporation. Academic Decathlon and USAD are registered trademarks of the United States Academic Decathlon Association. DemiDec is not officially affiliated with the United States Academic Decathlon Association.
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