{"id":35,"date":"2025-10-27T10:36:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/blog\/points\/opportunity-knocks-acing-your-interview\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:36:48","slug":"opportunity-knocks-acing-your-interview","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/points\/opportunity-knocks-acing-your-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity Knocks: Acing your Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Attending the &#8220;Opportunity Knocks: Acing Your Interview&#8221; event hosted by the Main Line Chamber of Commerce, provided important strategies for success that are directly applicable to my job search as a soon-to-be graduating student. I learned the importance of thoroughly researching a company, articulating my value, and asking insightful questions to show genuine interest, as well as sending a personalized follow-up email after the interview. These skills provide a competitive edge by helping translate academic experience into professional accomplishments for my resume and interviews. Mastering these techniques, from proper preparation to sending a follow-up thank-you note, builds confidence and will allow me to effectively market myself and stand out from other candidates, strengthening both my written applications and interview performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30636,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30636"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/fkhan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}