Interview Questions The following is a list of questions which students said were the toughest to answer during an interview.

For my portfolio, I've developed typed responses to them. 1. Tell me about yourself. y name is !rianna !arbeau". I li#e to be in leadership positions and supervi$ing people. I am a really good compunicator and I li#e to spea# and present information. I also li#e to learn foreign languages, especially french. I thin# it is so interesting to learn new things and new cultures. I am a very enthusiastic learner and am always motivated in my assignments. I ta#e my learning very seriously and do my best in all of my tas#s. I am a organi$ed person and I am also e"tremely confidant. I wor# well independently, but I also am striving to wor# good in teams. I am envolved in many things at my school including %&', thearter, and anime(manga club. I also love to show spirt. I participate in a lot of contests, events, and various wor# in my school and community. ). *hat are your plans after graduation+ ,fter graduation, I plan to attend the -niversity of Florida as a full.time student. I want to study !usiness anagement. I am also interested in French language and culture, and Theater. I would li#e to have a stable career that I can en/oy. I also would li#e to have a decent income from my wor#. I want to be heavily envolved in various activities during my college and career life. I plan to stay and live in Florida. 0. *hat one thing do you need to improve on+ I thin# that most of all I need to improve on my mutual and agreeable interaction with others. I am very comfortable wor#ing individually, so I tend to do that more ofter than in groups. I need to put myself out and wor# in more groups so that I can get more use to it and be able to wor# my best as a team member as well as by myself. I have been trying to participate as more of a team member during school activites such as clubs, theater, and during classes. I am getting much better in being more socially active and being with others, but I still want to try wor#ing at it more. The main barriers I have to wor#ing as a team is dealing with different view points and wor#ing as a team member and not as a leader. 1. *hat are your wea#nesses+ strengths+ y wea#ness is that I am a perfectionist, but it may also serve as one of my strengths, because it forces me to do my best and wor# towards accuracy and e"cellence. y main strengths are my leadership s#ills and my high motivation. y main wea#ness procrastination, because I tend to put some things off, so I end up wor#ing on things heavily before a due date. 2. *hat qualities ma#e you the right applicant for the /ob+ great leader good communicator very sociable confidant problem.solver positive responsible serious about my wor#

3. *hen did you decide you wanted to wor# in your chosen field and why+ I started to thin# that I would be best fit in the field on !usiness anagement when I too# a business class and I really en/oyed it. ,lso, in all of the tests that I have ta#en 4where they say what area to which you are best suited5 I was always placed in the data and analysis area and around there. I thin# that since it is something i'm pretty good at and that I also li#e to do why not pursue it+ It also fits in with my want for an en/oyable career that also pays well. 6. *hat does it mean to wor# as part of a team+ *hen you wor# as part of a team you need to cover for each others wea#nesses and e"ploit everyones strengths. It is important to be a good communicator as well so that all ideas get out in the open and that whatever pro/ect that is being wor#ed on and have the best outcome possible 4for the groups abilities5. 7ou need to support everyone in the group and have a positive attitude in order to #eep the morale up for the group so everyone and yourself will be content and agreeable in decision ma#ing and wor#ig together. It is important to

not e"clude anyone and to wor# as a chain lin# with the others and not always as the leader 4you must not be too arrogant5. 8. *hat motivates you to tac#le and complete a tas#+ *hat gets me motivated to complete a tas# is the rewarding feeling of a /ob well done. If I give my wor# my all I feel accoplished if it is given a good grade(review. It is also motivating to get a /ob done so that I have more free time to wor# on other things or /ust to be caught up so that I can rela" and not worry about it later. 9. &ow do you handle stress+ I handle stress by ta#ing brea#s from things that stress me or I do things that I find happiness in. I do this to calm down and hopefully deplete the stress. :etting stressed does not help with anything and I #now that it can hinder me from doing quality wor# so I get away for a second, ta#e a few breaths, and come bac# to it later with a positive attitude again. 1;. *hat do you thin# is the number one problem facing people your age+ *hat do you thin# should be done about this problem+ I thin# that the main problem facing people of my age is lac# of dicipline. <icipline in the home has decreased substantially from what it use to be. %ow people 4with little dicipline5 can easily start ma#ing more and more bad decisions. =eople let themselves use harmful substances such as drugs and alcohol, do dangerous things, and /ust be plain rec#less of themselves and towards others. =eople need more dicipline in their lives so that the become more aware of the right and the wrong, and get bac# on trac# li#e how people use to be in previous generations. I thin# that if we allow more dicipline in the home their would be a lot fewer problems then there are now.