Find interviewing resources that will help to better prepare you for your job search and broader career development.
Articulating your City Year experience
Using the STAR method
Build service stories using the STAR method to answer behavioral interview questions.
Interviewing resources for currently serving AmeriCorps members
Materials to support mock interviewing, including sample questions and evaluation criteria for the interviewer:
Complete this self-guided video workshop (2020) “Interviewing with Deloitte” with Deloitte Consultants Beth Alberty (City Year Washington, D.C. ’15, ’16) and Lindy Gould (former City Year national partnership lead with Teach for America).
The prepare for an informational interview guide covers topics such as different ways to find alums who have followed a path of interest, email structures to request an informational interview, how to plan an informational interview and conversation flow and sending a follow-up/thank-you email.
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