Preparing for Your IMLP Interview

GE on Campus Recruiting Banners: Live @ Syracuse UniversityPreparing for an interview is a multi-step process, filled with a variety of resources that can help you out.

1) Campus Career Center: Your college's career center is a great place to start for advice. Not only can you set up a mock interview, have someone review your resume and give you tips - but chances are they've done the same for someone else who's interviewed at GE.

If you're not at a campus right now, or if you're looking for additional assistance, visit and read up on career center blogs at different universities and leverage some good content. Check out Dan Schwabel's Student Branding blog as well for some tips.

2) GE Reports: To learn more about GE and what the company is up to, visit GE's official "blog - GE reports, watch a few of the YouTube videos, and consider following GE Reports on twitter if twitter's your thing.

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Interview Tips for Gen Y

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A few tips for readers out there who are preparing for upcoming interviews.

Good Luck!

Interview Like a Pro

Check out this video on interview tips. Tips include how to dress, how to shake hands, and others.

For a Stellar Interview, Use the STAR Method

At GE - in fact, at most companies today - our interviewers are big fans of the behavioral interview. Most of you have probably been in one of these before, the kind of interview consisting mainly of questions that begin with "Tell me about a time when..." or something similar.

Some people dread these types of questions, complaining that they're too open-ended - but they're actually a great opportunity to set yourself apart from other candidates. A little preparation is all it takes.

One of the most popular approaches to the behavioral interview question, which we use a lot at GE, is the STAR method - situation, task, action, and result. For each behavioral interview question you answer, you should describe the:

1) Situation - a little background information.
2) Task - what exactly was the problem or scenario you were facing?
3) Action - what did you do about it?
4) Result - how did things turn out because of your actions?

Notice the focus on you. Interviewers don't want to hear about what your team did, or how another person did all the work - the interview is all about you!

To really prepare for a campus interview, brainstorm a list of challenges, projects, scenarios, and successes that you can use to answer behavioral interview questions. For each one, make sure you can talk about the situation, tasks, actions, and results. Choose scenarios that demonstrate a variety of your strengths - teamwork, technical skills, overcoming challenges, interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, etc.

By preparing a little for any question the interviewer might throw at you, you'll be less nervous, provide great responses, and hopefully blow the interview out of the water!

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Syracuse had some great memories... among some of the best for me were going to London for semester abroad, volunteering with Syracuse University Ambulance (and seeing the best of campus ;-] ), and of course watching the legendary SU - UCONN Big East Game from Myrtle Beach during spring break.

Senior year did not represent the best of economic times for our country. Knowing that my major at the iSchool was one with a lot of jobs still...

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