John
Upon the conclusion of each course I have taken since cornerstone, I have written a reflection for those classes. While this was a requirement for the capstone class, it also provided a great opportunity to sit back and think about everything that I had learned in those courses. During the process of writing the reflections I also took the time to include how I planned on utilizing the newly found information both in future courses as well as in my future career. Now that I am in capstone, I have the opportunity to strategically place these reflections into places that I feel will best represent my abilities and academic accomplishments. This way a potential employer will have the opportunity to look at my e-portfolio and see what I have taken from those learning experiences, and how I feel I can employ it in the future.
I view a reflection as an opportunity to think back and talk about my experience, not just what the course of events were but what the significance of those events were. If I were to just give the course of events without the significance of them I feel that I would just be describing the events. In order to take a description and turn it into a reflection you need to add some critical thinking, and tell what you have obtained as a result of participating in those endeavors. Descriptions are easier to produce than reflections. If you are having trouble coming up with a reflection, I think a good place to start is with a description. Once you have made a description, go back and ask yourself “why?” to each of the things you described, and add the answers to the description without having is sound like and answer to a question.
Mike
After every class that I have taken at UCF I have written about a paragraph of a basic overview of the class. I do this for many reasons, One being because it was required for cornerstone class. The second reason is because if I need to reference anything I know where to go. I save every book that I have bought because all the courses I have taken require a little bit of knowledge from everything. This has helped me reflect back to the past classes I have taken to help me in the future. I believe that you need to be able to go through an experience before you can have a proper reflection of it. A description is something that gives you an overview on a subject. An example of description would be when you are in the market for a book, and you turn it over and read the back of it to get an idea of what its about. After you are done reading that book you can then write a reflection paper. Description is to describe what something is about before experience, and reflection is describing something after you have experienced it.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
interview part II
John
When it comes to answering the standard or non-standard interview questions, I believe that you should answer truthfully. If the question is one that you have prepared for, give the answer in an upbeat voice; make yourself sound interesting and interested. If the question is one that you weren’t prepared for, take a few seconds to think what you will say and go for it. Be sure to fully answer their question, while focusing on your strengths and accomplishments. Try to have yourself come across as open-minded and intelligent.
As with any interview but especially with a phone interview you want to be sure that you are speaking clearly with pronunciation. Since they can’t see you the only thing they will be working off of is your tone of voice, therefore sound engaged. It is important to place yourself in a nice quiet setting that will not provide any interruptions or distractions. When placed in the position of a panel interview it is paramount to maintain good eye contact. While you may want to focus your attention to the person that asks each individual question, it is also important to include the rest of the people in the room. Keep in mind that a panel interview will most likely be intimidating, take your time, remember to breath and just be yourself. They will be able to tell when you aren’t being straight forward with them, so don’t even try it.
While it depends on circumstance, I would believe that you should wait until your closer to the end of the interview to bring up salary. This should not be the focus of your interview. You want them to be interested in you, not your obsession with money. Often the interviewer will bring the topic up when they have decided if they want you or not. If they were on the fence about weather or not to hire you, bringing up money without them expressing that they want you, might sway them in the other direction. Use good judgment and introduce the topic when you feel that it is an appropriate time to do so.
Mike
There are many ways to answer those standard and non-standard question that come in an interview. I feel that telling the truth is the best way to go about answering them. The standard question you can practice in front of the mirror to make sure that you come off positive and confident. The non-standard questions are a different story. I think the best way to answer one of these non standard questions would be to tell the truth but not to reveal anything about your personal life. The worst thing you can do in an interview is reveal something personal about yourself that is a negative thing. Everything directly relates to your work so do not reveal anything to personal.
When you are doing a phone interview the most important thing to think about is to be positive and confident. Even if you are not excited for the job, sound like its something you have been waiting for and let them know that you deserve the job. Make sure you do not mumble, and don’t over use “big” words. The main idea is for them to be able to like you by the end of your conversation. The best time to talk about salary would be towards the end of the conversation. You want to know what the job entails of and how you can help to reach a common goal. Remember they are looking for someone to fill the spot, you are the best qualified, so act like it, and prove to them you are a great addition to there staff !
When it comes to answering the standard or non-standard interview questions, I believe that you should answer truthfully. If the question is one that you have prepared for, give the answer in an upbeat voice; make yourself sound interesting and interested. If the question is one that you weren’t prepared for, take a few seconds to think what you will say and go for it. Be sure to fully answer their question, while focusing on your strengths and accomplishments. Try to have yourself come across as open-minded and intelligent.
As with any interview but especially with a phone interview you want to be sure that you are speaking clearly with pronunciation. Since they can’t see you the only thing they will be working off of is your tone of voice, therefore sound engaged. It is important to place yourself in a nice quiet setting that will not provide any interruptions or distractions. When placed in the position of a panel interview it is paramount to maintain good eye contact. While you may want to focus your attention to the person that asks each individual question, it is also important to include the rest of the people in the room. Keep in mind that a panel interview will most likely be intimidating, take your time, remember to breath and just be yourself. They will be able to tell when you aren’t being straight forward with them, so don’t even try it.
While it depends on circumstance, I would believe that you should wait until your closer to the end of the interview to bring up salary. This should not be the focus of your interview. You want them to be interested in you, not your obsession with money. Often the interviewer will bring the topic up when they have decided if they want you or not. If they were on the fence about weather or not to hire you, bringing up money without them expressing that they want you, might sway them in the other direction. Use good judgment and introduce the topic when you feel that it is an appropriate time to do so.
Mike
There are many ways to answer those standard and non-standard question that come in an interview. I feel that telling the truth is the best way to go about answering them. The standard question you can practice in front of the mirror to make sure that you come off positive and confident. The non-standard questions are a different story. I think the best way to answer one of these non standard questions would be to tell the truth but not to reveal anything about your personal life. The worst thing you can do in an interview is reveal something personal about yourself that is a negative thing. Everything directly relates to your work so do not reveal anything to personal.
When you are doing a phone interview the most important thing to think about is to be positive and confident. Even if you are not excited for the job, sound like its something you have been waiting for and let them know that you deserve the job. Make sure you do not mumble, and don’t over use “big” words. The main idea is for them to be able to like you by the end of your conversation. The best time to talk about salary would be towards the end of the conversation. You want to know what the job entails of and how you can help to reach a common goal. Remember they are looking for someone to fill the spot, you are the best qualified, so act like it, and prove to them you are a great addition to there staff !
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Interviewing Part I
Mike
My practice interview I thought went very well. I tried to answer the questions myself before clicking on the “coach” to see what she had to say. Mostly my answers were pretty spot on with the coach. I think the questioned asked were very open ended. Each question was specifically asked to get to know my work ethic at the same time as learning about me. The question that was the most surprising to me is when they asked if there was anything I wanted to change about myself. I believe they are trying to find out if you have any major downfalls that might hold you back in a professional environment. I answered that question saying there was nothing that I wanted to change about myself, but if I had to, I would start charismas shopping earlier. The strengths of my responses were letting him know a little about myself while proving to him that I was professional. There is always room for improvement, so yes my answered can be improved, but I was very happy with what I said in my interview. My advice to other when going into an interview would be not to let them know anything personal about you. Make them like you, make them laugh, but never show ant weakness.
http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/review_gateway.asp?id=3020920&type=standard
http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/review_gateway.asp?id=3020921&type=standard
John
I found the perfect interview site to be both fun and frustrating. After I had almost completed the process everything I had typed had disappeared. I felt that I did well with the interview process; it would have been more fun if I had a webcam. I choose not to look at what other people answered for the questions and only used the coach once before I was done. The questions that I found to be hard to answer were the ones that were situation specific, since there wasn’t a specific job that I was interviewing for it was hard to know exactly how I would have answered. What I did was just give a general answer that would then have been tailored to fit into a specific job interview. When I did use the coach option, it proved to be useful. The coach told me techniques that guided me to answering the questions in a way that wouldn’t make me sound closed minded. There is always room for improvement and I believe that if I had taken a little more time to think out my responses then they would have been better. One piece of advice I would give for people about to go into an interview is, don’t talk about your negative attributes. If the interviewer is asking about one of your bad points, don’t give them your worst attribute. I'm not telling you to lie to them, but try to set yourself up to look good, and seriously don’t lie; they will read right through that.
http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/review_gateway.asp?id=3020905&type=standard
http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/review_gateway.asp?id=3020906&type=standard
My practice interview I thought went very well. I tried to answer the questions myself before clicking on the “coach” to see what she had to say. Mostly my answers were pretty spot on with the coach. I think the questioned asked were very open ended. Each question was specifically asked to get to know my work ethic at the same time as learning about me. The question that was the most surprising to me is when they asked if there was anything I wanted to change about myself. I believe they are trying to find out if you have any major downfalls that might hold you back in a professional environment. I answered that question saying there was nothing that I wanted to change about myself, but if I had to, I would start charismas shopping earlier. The strengths of my responses were letting him know a little about myself while proving to him that I was professional. There is always room for improvement, so yes my answered can be improved, but I was very happy with what I said in my interview. My advice to other when going into an interview would be not to let them know anything personal about you. Make them like you, make them laugh, but never show ant weakness.
http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/review_gateway.asp?id=3020920&type=standard
http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/review_gateway.asp?id=3020921&type=standard
John
I found the perfect interview site to be both fun and frustrating. After I had almost completed the process everything I had typed had disappeared. I felt that I did well with the interview process; it would have been more fun if I had a webcam. I choose not to look at what other people answered for the questions and only used the coach once before I was done. The questions that I found to be hard to answer were the ones that were situation specific, since there wasn’t a specific job that I was interviewing for it was hard to know exactly how I would have answered. What I did was just give a general answer that would then have been tailored to fit into a specific job interview. When I did use the coach option, it proved to be useful. The coach told me techniques that guided me to answering the questions in a way that wouldn’t make me sound closed minded. There is always room for improvement and I believe that if I had taken a little more time to think out my responses then they would have been better. One piece of advice I would give for people about to go into an interview is, don’t talk about your negative attributes. If the interviewer is asking about one of your bad points, don’t give them your worst attribute. I'm not telling you to lie to them, but try to set yourself up to look good, and seriously don’t lie; they will read right through that.
http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/review_gateway.asp?id=3020905&type=standard
http://www.perfectinterview.com/online/review_gateway.asp?id=3020906&type=standard
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