Student Tips & Tricks

Succeeding a job interview

How to prepare for the famous job interview? In this episode, with our guest Aurélie Secretan, career counselor at the EPFL Career Center, we are trying to demystify this essential step on your way to the working world with her applicable advice and concrete examples. As students ourselves, we are as curious as you are about this subject! Here are the questions we asked Aurélie: * How to prepare for a job interview? * What are the typical questions asked during a job interview and what would be a good or a bad answer? - (faire un fichier à part pour celle-là) * How to behave in a job interview? * How to promote yourself without overdoing it? Ressources in this episode: * Marianne Schmid Mast (Dean of HEC Lausanne and Full Professor of Organizational Behavior) : Entretien d'embauche: conseils de gestuelle - Bing video [https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=marianne+schmidt+mast+comportement+non+verbaux+%c3%a0+%c3%a9viter&&view=detail&mid=ADF48433C4EB3D6B985EADF48433C4EB3D6B985E&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dmarianne%2Bschmidt%2Bmast%2Bcomportement%2Bnon%2Bverbaux%2B%25c3%25a0%2B%25c3%25a9viter%26FORM%3DHDRSC3] * Bertrand Périer (Avocat au Conseil d'Etat et à la Cour de cassation et Spécialiste en Public Speaking) : Le tuto de Bertrand Périer : Réussir un entretien d'embauche - Bing video [https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bertrand+p%c3%a9rier+tuto+comment+r%c3%a9ussir+son+entretien&view=detail&mid=3B18FEE75E9F81F3C9BB3B18FEE75E9F81F3C9BB&FORM=VIRE] * Kourilsky, Françoise : « Se réjouir, s'apaiser, réussir », InterEditions [https://www.payot.ch/Dynamics/Result?edId=430dcb6719c596410119c597eca20abb&ed=InterEditions], 2010, (Françoise Kourilsky has a PhD in Psychology, Sciences Po graduate).

Crafting an effective CV

How to craft an effective CV ? In this episode, our guest Stephen Fisher, member of the EPFL Career Center, will try to give you the tips for crafting an effective CV. Stephen will try to break myths like : « Should I only write my CV on a single page ? » As students ourselves, we are as curious as you are about this subject! Here are the questions we asked Stephen: * What are the main myths or received ideas I need to resist? * Why is it important to change the way you talk about your experience? * Today when I send a CV I always send the same to each company, so how can I customize my CV for each application? * Most of the students don’t have much professional experience so how can we stand out if we don't have an extraordinary educational and/or professional background? * What design for my CV? Resources in this episode: * Glassdoor website [https://fr.glassdoor.ch/index.htm].