{"id":41869,"date":"2025-11-21T15:48:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=41869"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:48:28","slug":"mentorship-night-feb2026-interview-tips-tricks","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/event\/mentorship-night-feb2026-interview-tips-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentorship Night: Interview Tips &amp; Tricks"},"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<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fa12608e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#registration-form\">Click here to register!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"description\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Mentorship Night is for women students to participate in a roundtable mentorship opportunity with working professionals from leading engineering and IT companies. Join us for the first mentorship circle of the winter semester to develop your interview skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this session, you will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Learn how to prepare effectively<\/strong> for interviews with STEM employers in engineering and information technology. Learn what they&#8217;re looking for and the types of candidates that stand out to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Answer interview questions with confidence<\/strong>. Learn do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts, ways to structure answers, and how to embody courage and authenticity in your body language and presentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Leave a lasting impression to potential employers<\/strong> and the behind-the-scenes of what truly stands out, whether in an interview setting, Co-op, internship and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"who-can-attend\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can attend?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage women from all backgrounds and identities to join this Mentorship Night, especially women students in a Carleton University Bachelor, Master\u2019s or Doctoral program, of: engineering, IT, applied science, computer science, mathematics, or physics. We are committed to creating spaces that are welcoming and supportive to women of all backgrounds, intersecting identities, and experiences \u2013 including racialized women, women with disabilities, Indigenous women, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"thank-you-to-our-program-partners\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank you to our program partners!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gastops.com\/\">Gastops<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alstom.com\/\">Alstom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/\">CIRA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honeywell.com\/us\/en\">Honeywell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-national-defence.html\">Department of National Defence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ford.ca\/\">Ford <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marchnetworks.com\/\">March Networks<\/a> for making this event possible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"registration-form\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Registration form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":41871,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[583,484,465],"cu_event_audience":[6],"class_list":["post-41869","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_event_type-edi","cu_event_type-mentorship-nights","cu_event_type-wieit-program","cu_event_audience-current-students"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2026-02-03 17:30:00","cu_event_end_date":"2026-02-03 19:30:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"TC","cu_event_meeting_room":"270-274","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"Sharmila Antonipillai","cu_event_email":"WIE@cunet.carleton.ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/41869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/343"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/41869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42437,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/41869\/revisions\/42437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=41869"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=41869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}