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Job Interview At The United States

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Introduction At the age of 17 I enlisted in the United States Navy, and since have completed multiple combat deployments, lived overseas and been a part of multiple other billets representing the United States of America. These were times well spent, however, only to a very limited extent did they prepare me to conduct an affective and articulate job interview. Present day, the U.S. Military has implemented an extensive job interview process, with the goal of selecting qualified individuals for vital roles within our government. The job interview project opened my eyes to a world of preparation and focus that I never knew existed. In this paper, I prepare a job-interview strategy, identifying a few character traits that are the foundation of my being, and then link these traits to memorable life experiences that have had a profound effect upon me and those who I interacted with. The next few sections of the paper entail observations and a critique of a recently conducted mock job interview, and my “elevator speech” which is hyper-linked for reference. I conclude with vital lessons learned throughout the job interview process and project courses of action for a successful outcome from future interviews.
Key traits and life-experiences that have shaped who I am
Spending a fair amount of time deployed in the defense of the United States of America has led me to appreciate all that this country has to offer, and not take the freedoms we enjoy for granted. Most of all,

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