
From the desk of Kent Lee, CEO of Perfect Resume.
We did an interview coaching session with an Executive Vice President for a large corporation a couple weeks ago who was worried about the fact that she hadn't completed a college degree. We coached her that the strategy to keep in mind anytime you get a question that focuses on something negative is this: Have a confident, short answer (under 30 seconds) that redirects the question to one of your strengths.
Let me give you an example of how this might look/sound in an interview for our client that we coached today:
Interviewer: "I noticed that you don't have a degree. Why didn't you finish your college education?"
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Candidate: "When I was...