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How to be interviewed

How to be interviewed

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How to be interviewed

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- A STEM interview is your opportunity to showcase your qualifications, skills, and competencies. We've already covered how to prepare, so let's now explore how to make the most of the interview, with the following nine basics. Number one, highlight your technical proficiency. So be ready to discuss your technical skills and accomplishments, use specific examples to demonstrate your expertise, discuss past projects or coursework that showcase your abilities in your field of study or STEM career. Illustrate how your skills have contributed to the problem solving in innovation. Number two, showcase problem solving abilities. STEM fields value problem solving skills. Prepare to discuss challenges you've faced and how you've overcome them. Use the STAR method, which stands for situation, task, action and result, to structure your answers, emphasizing the results and your contributions. Number three is emphasize your competencies. In STEM, competencies like teamwork, communication, and…

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