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Where are you from? / Where do you

come from?
I'm from ... I come from ...

How old are you?

Twenty-five. I'm twenty-five years
old.

What's your surname / family name?

Smith.

When / Where were you born?

I was born in 1961.

What's your first name?

Tom.

Can you play a sport?

Yes, I can play tennis.

Where do you live?

I live in San Diego.

What do you like?

I like playing tennis, reading and
listening to music.

"Tell me a little about yourself."

Short Answers

"I attended MIT where I majored in Electrical Engineering. My hobbies include

basketball, reading novels, and hiking."
"Im a hard worker and I like to take on a variety of challenges. I like pets, and in my
spare time, I like to relax and read."

"What are your strengths?"

"What are your weaknesses?"
Short Answers

"This might be bad, but in college I found that I procrastinated a lot. I realized this
problem, and I'm working on it by finishing my work ahead of schedule."
"I feel my weakness is not being detail oriented enough. I'm a person that wants to
accomplish as much as possible. I realized this hurts the quality and I'm currently
working on finding a balance between quantity and quality."
"The weakest trait I struggled with was not asking for help. I always try to solve my
own problems instead of asking a co-worker who might know the answer. This would
save me more time and I would be more efficient. I'm working on knowing when it
would be beneficial to ask for help."

"If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be and why?"

"I would like to be more of a risk taker. I always do my work and complete it at an
exceptional level, but sometimes taking a risk can make the work even better. I'm
working on this by thinking the issue through and weighing the pros and cons."
"I would like to be more of an extrovert. I'm a little quiet and a little closer to the
introvert side. I would like to change this because I would appear more friendly."

"What does success mean to you?"

"To me, success means to have a goal, plan the steps to achieve the goal, implement
the plan, and finally achieve the goal."
"Success means to achieve a goal I have set for myself."

"Are you an organized person?"

"I'm a very organized person. I like to know exactly what I'm going to do for the day
and the week. So I outline my tasks and organize my work load. By doing so, I can
organize my time and work better."
"I believe I'm very organized. I like to organize my work by priority and deadlines. I do
this so I can produce the highest quality work in the amount of time I have."
"Organization has always come easy to me. I naturally organize things like my desk,
time, assignments, and work without thinking about them. This helps me tremendously
during times when I'm approaching a deadline."

"How do you handle change?"

"Are you good at dealing with change?"

"I've experienced many changes previously. I handle the situation by quickly coming up
to speed on the changes and applying myself to make them a success."
"I handle changes smoothly. Whenever there's a change of any sort, I analyze the
situation and I always try to find ways I can contribute to the change in a positive way."

"How do you make important decisions?"

"I make important decisions by examining all the details and then weighing the pro's
and con's for each decision."
"I believe all decisions should be made by having all the information. If you are missing
an important detail, it's easy to make a bad decision. So I make important decisions by
having all of the information."
"Important decisions are made by knowledge through information and wisdom through
experience. I'll gather all the information I can find and then apply my experience while
analyzing the information. With this combination, I'm confident I'll make the correct
important decisions."

"Are you a risk taker or do you like to stay away from risks?"

"I consider myself to be in the middle, but if I were to choose from my past experience, I
would think I would call myself a careful risk taker."
"I think it's important to take some risks. I keep the options open and if the reward
justifies the risks, I would definitely try. So I'm more of a risk taker."

"What extracurricular activities were you involved in?"

"I was involved in our school newspaper. I was one of the writers for three years."
"Besides studying, I played baseball for our school. I really like to study and to stay
physically active."
"I was involved with a group that helped awareness of environmental problems such as
pollution. I was on a team that educated people about driving alternatives such as
buses and carpooling."

"What course did you like the most?"

"What was your favorite subject?"

"I really enjoyed an English writing class I took. This class taught me to write more
clearly and concisely."
"My favorite subject was Physics. It really helped my logic abilities and I use this
knowledge to solve problems in a variety of ways."

How did you spend your summer vacation?"

"If you could learn something such as a new skill, what would it be?"

"What's the next thing you want to learn?"

"The next thing I want to learn is how to make web pages. I think this skill can be used
anywhere. If I want a personal web site, I would make it myself."