{"id":1678,"date":"2025-08-19T09:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=1678"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:37:14","slug":"prepare-for-the-fair-preparing-for-interviews","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/event\/prepare-for-the-fair-preparing-for-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for the Fair: Preparing for Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p><strong>Who this is for:<\/strong>\u00a0Carleton University students and alumni<br><strong>What you will get out of it:<\/strong>\u00a0Learn skills and strategies to help you prepare for upcoming interviews and connect with professionals through the use of informational interviews.\u00a0<br><br>Prepare for the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/event\/winter-career-networking-fair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Winter\u00a0Career &amp; Networking Fair<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on February 4 by exploring two main concepts that can contribute to your career success: Preparing for job interviews and connecting with professionals using informational interviews.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the lead up to the fair, discover interview strategies that will assist you in pursuing full-time, part-time, and co-op roles, or post-graduation jobs. During the workshop, you will learn about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Job Interviews:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Purpose of an interview<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interview questions and formats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interview preparation strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Things to remember during an interview<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interview follow-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Informational Interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Informational interviews as a networking tool (and how they differ from regular interviews)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Types of questions to ask during an informational interview<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Approaching professionals and setting up an informational interview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, or require accommodations for a disability to attend this session, please contact Career Services by emailing&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:career@carleton.ca\"><strong>career@carleton.ca<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: If you are a Sprott student, please contact the Sprott Undergraduate Career Services office&nbsp;for support relating to interview preparation and strategies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For full details and to register, please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mysuccess.carleton.ca\/eventsPublic.htm?eventId=14071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mySuccess Co-op and Career Workshops and Events calendar<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[19],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-1678","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-career-fair"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2026-01-29 10:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2026-01-29 12:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"virtual","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"zoom","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"https:\/\/mysuccess.carleton.ca\/eventsPublic.htm?eventId=14071","cu_post_thumbnail":"","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/mysuccess.carleton.ca\/eventsPublic.htm?eventId=14071","target":"_blank"},"cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/1678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/1678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2217,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/1678\/revisions\/2217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}