‘Interviewing’
ASPIRE Mock Interview Day April 25, 2024
Nov. 17, 2023—Priority application deadline: Wednesday, January 3 at noon (Applications will be accepted through March 6) Back again for its 3rd year, this event will provide biomedical PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to practice their interview skills with employers and alumni, (including faculty, if appropriate), and receive valuable feedback. Each participant will have up to...
ASPIRE Job Search Series: Decoding Your Story-Networking and Interview Success
Jul. 28, 2022—Thursday, March 9, 2023 **note this session will be from 10:30am-12pm Location 407 Light Hall with the ASPIRE Team Interested in developing your networking and interviewing skills? Join us for StoryMason, a card game designed to help students learn how to engage people, gain confidence in telling your story and navigating professional conversations. ...
ASPIRE Job Search Series: Interviewing 101
Jul. 5, 2022—Thursday, February 8, 2024 11:00am Light Hall 411 Ashley Brady, PhD Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Associate Professor of Medical Education and Administration Once you start applying for jobs, you may find yourself invited for an interview sooner than you anticipate! Start preparing now and join us for this session...
ASPIRE Job Search Series: Behavioral Interviewing
Jul. 5, 2022—Thursday, February 22, 2024 11:00am Light Hall 208 Kim Petrie, PhD Assistant Dean for Biomedical Career Development, Associate Professor of Medical Education and Administration “Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult person.” “When working in a group, conflict inevitably arises. Give me an example of a time this happened to...
Career Development Series for Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Fellows
Jan. 26, 2022—The Vanderbilt Career Center is featuring some great events for graduate students and postdocs this spring! For more information check out DoreWays **For Biomedical PhD students and postdocs, please register for Decoding Your Story: Networking and Interview Success through here
Decoding Your Story: Networking and Interview Success
Jan. 20, 2022—March 24, 2022 10:30am-12:00pm Vanderbilt Student Life Center Board of Trust Room Interested in developing your networking and interviewing skills? Join us for StoryMason, a card game designed to help students learn how to engage people, gain confidence in telling your story and navigating professional conversations. Part of the ASPIRE Job Search series and co-sponsored...
Interviewing in Industry, talk with Larry Thompson, PhD: From Academia to Industry, How to ♪Break On Through to the Other Side♪
Jan. 14, 2022—To kick off our ASPIRE Mock Interview Day event, alumnus Larry Thompson, Senior Principal Scientist at Pfizer, will be giving our keynote presentation: From Academia to Industry, How to ♪Break On Through to the Other Side♪ He has a wealth of experience interviewing candidates and will be sharing sharing tips, and insights he has gained over the...
ASPIRE Mock Interview Day 2022
Jan. 14, 2022— The ASPIRE Program is excited to announce that ASPIRE Mock Interview Day will be held on March 28, 2022, from 1:00-5:00 pm, virtually via Zoom! This event will provide biomedical PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to practice their interview skills with employers and alumni working in the field of industry, and receive valuable feedback. Participants...
Spring 2022 Interview Prep with ASPIRE!
Jan. 10, 2022—This Spring, get interview-ready with ASPIRE! We have several events that can help you prepare for you your job interview. Mark these dates on your calendar, and don’t forget to save the date for the 2022 ASPIRE Mock Interview Day event. This year will be industry focused! Check out our ASPIRE Job Search Series page...
Article: Tips for Successful Screening Interviews
Dec. 8, 2021—Gaeun Seo, senior associate director of graduate student career development in the Center for Career Development at Princeton University, shares some insights to help early-career job candidates better prepare for this stage of the faculty hiring process in his article from “Inside Higher Ed”: Tips for Successful Screening Interviews
ASPIRE Cafe: Informational Interviewing
Aug. 3, 2021—Thursday February 24, 2022 11:00am Light Hall 214 Ashley Brady, PhD Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Administration Have you ever heard of an informational interview? Come learn about one the most powerful, yet underutilized, networking tools available to you. Find out what an informational...
ASPIRE Bistro: Informational Interviewing
Aug. 3, 2021—Thursday February 3, 2022 11:00am Light Hall 214 Ashley Brady, PhD Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Administration Have you ever heard of an informational interview? Come learn about one the most powerful, yet underutilized, networking tools available to you. Find out what an informational interview...
Navigating Curveball Questions in Industry Interviews
Jan. 28, 2021—Path to Career Resources! Check out this article featured in Nature on navigating curveball questions in industry interviews.
VU Advanced Degree Consulting Club sponsor Case Interview webinars
Aug. 31, 2020—The Vanderbilt University Advanced Degree Consulting Club (VUADCC) has organized two upcoming webinars with Peter K., a professional case interview coach, to help prepare graduate students with interviews for management consulting firms. The first webinar will cover “Intro to Consulting Case Interview” and will be held on Tuesday, September 15 at 10-11:30 am CT. The second...
ASPIRE Job Search Series: Interviewing and Onboarding Virtually
Aug. 3, 2020—Thursday April 1, 2021 11:00am Virtual ***Although this event has previously been a drop-in event, please note that since they are now virtual, we are requesting a registration so we may provide you a Zoom log-in.** Ashley Brady, PhD Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Administration...
30 Behavioral Interview Questions from LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Mar. 17, 2020—Great businesses are built on people. People who not only have the right skills and experience, but who have the potential to do great things in the role, the team and in the company. However, screening candidates for potential is the toughest part of an interview. Oftentimes you assess someone’s potential by looking at their...
Apply now! ASPIRE Mock Interview Day, March 9th
Jan. 13, 2020—The ASPIRE Program is hosting its first Mock Interview Day on March 9, 2020, from 2:00-5:00 pm. This event will provide biomedical PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to practice their interview skills with Nashville-area employers and alumni, and receive valuable feedback. Participants will have up to 4 mock interviews, each lasting about 20 minutes....
Prepare for ASPIRE Mock Interview Day with our Job Search Series!
Jan. 9, 2020—ASPIRE Mock Interview Day is coming up on March 9th! The BRET Office of Career Development has several offerings that can help you prepare for this event: ASPIRE Job Search Series: Interviewing 101 Wednesday, January 15, 2-3p, 419 Light Hall ADDED SESSION! ASPIRE Job Search Series: CV/Resume workshop Wednesday, January 29, 12:30-1:30p, 407 ABC Light...
ASPIRE Job Search Series: Behavioral Interviewing
Jul. 12, 2019—Wednesday, February 19, 2020 2:00 pm Light Hall 415 Ashley Brady, PhD Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Administration “Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult person.” “When working in a group, conflict inevitably arises. Give me an example of a time this...
ASPIRE Cafe for Postdoctoral Fellows: Informational Interviewing-Your Most Powerful Networking Tool
Mar. 14, 2019—Wednesday, April 3, 2019 9:00am 407 AB Light Hall Ashley Brady, PhD Have you ever heard of an informational interview? Come learn about one the most powerful, yet underutilized, networking tools available to you. Find out what an informational interview entails, how to set one up, what questions you should be asking, and how this...