Anyone have experience with interviews?
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freedomtruck
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Big tip for Interviews: You should have West Point's mission statement burned into your head, even in your dreams.
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Confidence is key - if there's one thing I learned from Beast this summer, its being confident, no matter who you're talking to. You could say the stupidest things but if you show confidence and no fear in your answer, people (or upperclassmen) see it and respect it and you wind up getting smoked only half of what you would have. There was a poster in the hallway of my barracks floor during Beast that said "Confidence reflects Competence"
Good luck!
Good luck!
The interview went great! I throughly enjoyed talking with him, and we ended up not only discussing West Point, but also the Vietnam War, the boat people that came from it, General Petraeus's current war strategies, a little Sun Tzu, and what it means to serve, as well as what makes a good leader a good leader. Wish I could have known him before. He was a real down-to-earth, sincere guy.
Before when?
Before the interview or before he became old like me?
Haha, before the interview.
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I have never once asked an interviewee to recite the mission statement, or even speak about it.
Confidence is good.
Honesty is best.
The rest takes care of itself.
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Perhaps the mission statement is what should be driving the motives of the interviewee in his/her quest for an appointment.
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There is a huge difference between being motivated by a desire to serve as a commissioned leader of character and spending the energy to "burn" the mission into your mind.