Students in the 11th grade Technical Reading and Writing class at DRSS have many in-class Career Exploration opportunities throughout the year. This week students focused entirely on developing the specific skills needed to navigate an interview successfully. During this process, student were lucky enough to have Jackie Anderson, an Associate Business Relationship Manager at
LexisNexis, serve as a volunteer interview coach. Ms. Anderson planned and led today's "Interview Extravaganza," where students "battled" with one another to see who would rise to the top of the interview process.
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| Ms. Anderson began the week speaking to each of the classes and going over the interview process in depth. |
During the coaching sessions earlier in the week, Ms. Anderson hit on multiple learning targets, including how to prepare for an interview, what pitfalls to avoid during the interview itself, and what questions employers
can't ask during an interview. After learning about the process, students voted on questions to ask one another during the "extravaganza."
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| On Friday, students participated in the Interview Extravaganza, which were organized and led by Ms. Anderson, an Associate Business Relationship Manager at LexisNexis. |
During the process, students sat on both sides of the table, taking turns as the interviewer and the interviewee in a panel interview setting. Students were competing for two internship positions that were found on actual online job postings, including one as a Marketing Manager at
R&R Business Consultants, and another as an IT Intern at
LexisNexis.
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| Students faced a panel of interviewers during the process and took turns on both sides of the table. |
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| Ms. Anderson provided on-site coaching during the process itself, helping students nail the finer points of the interview process. |
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| For Round 1, there were two winners: Alyssa Egbert and Tyler Cox. |
After two hours of grueling interviews, interview finalists had gone through eight separate interviews. By the end, there were two clear winners. Mark Ayala earned the Marketing Manager position at R&R Business Consultants and David Williams landed the IT Internship at LexisNexis!
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| David Williams (left) and Mark Ayala (right) soared to the top of the interview process! |
The entire interview process serves as a great example of a Project-Based Learning experience, and DRSS is grateful to have such authentic community partnerships with organizations across the Miami Valley. Thank you to Jackie Anderson for giving up her time to help coach our students!
Below you'll find more pictures from today's Interview Extravaganza.
