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Interview Research and Preparation

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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3 weeks at 10 hours a week
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.5

272 reviews

Intermediate level
Some related experience required
Flexible schedule
3 weeks at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
97%
Most learners liked this course

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This course is part of the Interviewing and Resume Writing in English Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 5 modules in this course

This course, the first in the "Interviewing and Resume Writing in English" specialization, guides you to discover the interests, talents and competencies that you can use to find and do work that leverages your strengths, passions and who you are as a person, so you can start doing work that matters to you and to the world. Whether you already have a career and are looking to move forward, whether you’re looking to change careers, whether you’re starting out in the world of work, whether you’re coming back into the world of work after some time away – this course will help you see your path more clearly and will teach you how to communicate your value to an employer in a way that he or she can immediately recognize.

After completing this course, you will be able to 1) use your individual cognitive, social and emotional traits, together with areas of interest, to discover how to find the future jobs that can give you the greatest satisfaction; 2) identify transferable skills of greatest value to the employers who have the jobs you’re interested in; 3) apply a simple strategy for presenting your skills to an employer in an effective and convincing fashion.

This module introduces you to the specialization, giving you background and an overview of what you will learn in the weeks ahead.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt

1 video•Total 8 minutes
  • Introductory Video•8 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • How This Course is Graded•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Online Learning Self-Assessment•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Discuss your goals for the specialization.•10 minutes

In this module, you'll begin developing your individual strategy to guide your job search, from picking a career direction to measuring effectiveness of your search.

What's included

7 videos5 readings3 assignments3 peer reviews2 discussion prompts

7 videos•Total 51 minutes
  • Stages in the Process•7 minutes
  • Using an Interest Profiler•13 minutes
  • Using Neuroscience•2 minutes
  • Interpersonal Style Inventory•7 minutes
  • Identifying Your Dependable Strengths•6 minutes
  • Personal Characteristics•10 minutes
  • Using Your Research•6 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
  • Link to Interest Profiler•10 minutes
  • Read Me - An Important Note about the Peer Review•10 minutes
  • Job Search Advice from a Neuroscientist•10 minutes
  • Article from New Atlantic•10 minutes
  • Neuroscience of gratitude•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 68 minutes
  • Phrases for Demonstrating Skills•30 minutes
  • Concept Review•8 minutes
  • Self-Reflection•30 minutes
3 peer reviews•Total 360 minutes
  • Dependable Strengths•120 minutes
  • Top 5 Goals and Plans•120 minutes
  • Interest Profiler•120 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Reflection on Your IPI•10 minutes
  • Modesty in Your Home Culture•10 minutes

In this module, you'll learn how to develop and apply an important strategy used in the English-language world to communicate core competencies to a prospective employer.

What's included

7 videos1 assignment2 peer reviews1 discussion prompt

7 videos•Total 59 minutes
  • The Top Ten Most Wanted Skills•5 minutes
  • Skills to Competencies•8 minutes
  • Identifying Your Opportunities•7 minutes
  • Using Stories•8 minutes
  • Building Your Story File•7 minutes
  • Interview - Part 1•11 minutes
  • Interview - Part 2•14 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Concept Review•30 minutes
2 peer reviews•Total 240 minutes
  • Reflecting on Your Stories•120 minutes
  • Storytelling Reflection•120 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Discuss Skills vs. Competencies•10 minutes

In this module, you'll learn how to control your use of intonation and rhythm in spoken English. These dynamics do more to improve your comprehensibility than any other feature of the spoken language.

What's included

5 videos3 readings6 assignments1 peer review

5 videos•Total 60 minutes
  • Improving Your Pronunciation•13 minutes
  • Jump-Up and Step-Down•12 minutes
  • Using Phrasing•11 minutes
  • Knowing Where to Make Pitch Jumps•11 minutes
  • Word Rhythm•12 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
  • Reading Sample - Do This Before the Peer Review•10 minutes
  • Good Sites for Mirroring Practice•10 minutes
  • Accentuate the Beat•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 180 minutes
  • Concept Review•30 minutes
  • Concept Review•30 minutes
  • Concept Review•30 minutes
  • Concept Review•30 minutes
  • Concept Review•30 minutes
  • Self-Reflection•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • Your Speech Clarity.•120 minutes

In this module, you'll learn strategies you can adopt to becoming a more fluent and more confident speaker of English.

What's included

8 videos5 readings1 assignment1 peer review

8 videos•Total 58 minutes
  • Advancing Your Speaking Skills•7 minutes
  • Becoming a More Fluent Speaker•6 minutes
  • Applying the Lexical Approach•9 minutes
  • Practicing Courage•7 minutes
  • Developing Cultural Competencies•5 minutes
  • Demonstrating Commitment•7 minutes
  • Developing Expert Performance•7 minutes
  • Adopting Deliberate Practice•9 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
  • The Courage to Be a Language Learner•10 minutes
  • Cultural Literacy•10 minutes
  • The Role of Commitment in Learning•10 minutes
  • The Making of an Expert•10 minutes
  • An Overview of Deliberate Practice•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Lesson 1-3 Review•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • Plan for Language Learning•120 minutes

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University of Maryland, College Park
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Reviewed on Oct 11, 2020

I really enjoyed the course! The first two weeks were the most beneficial to me. I didn't realize the last two weeks were related to the English language though. Overall, it was very helpful.

NM
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Reviewed on Dec 25, 2016

Great instructor and course material is amazing. I've really enjoyed every single step in this course :)

KR
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Reviewed on May 20, 2017

Fantastic course. Highly recommended for people who are looking out for jobs and have challenges in projecting/marketing themselves.

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