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Wildcard
100
True or False: Career Ambassadors will start seeing Master's and PhD students starting Winter Quarter.
What is False! Only Master's students
100
True or False: When describing work experience, paragraph-style job descriptions are preferred over bulleted lists
What is False.
100
True or False. Employers don’t expect perfection. A typo in your cover letter isn’t a sufficient reason to reject an application.
What is FALLSE.
100
How many undergraduate degrees are there?
What is 124
100
What does FBI stand for?
Federal Bureau of Investigation
200
True or False. Graduate students should not show their resume to their advisor, due to fear of job security and bias.
What is False.
200
What types of words are most important to include in your resume? a) Action verbs and job-specific keywords b) Colorful adjectives that describe you as a person c) Multi-syllabic words that make you sound sophisticated d) As much use as possible of the verb "to be"
What is 'Action verbs & Job-specific keywords'
200
What is not the purpose of a cover letter? a. To show your potential value to the organization b. To ‘name drop’ as a referral/networking strategy c. To duplicate the information from your resume
What is C. It should NOT duplicate the information from your resume.
200
True or False: NU remains the only private university in the Big Ten Conference.
What is TRUE!
200
This is the World Population
What is 7.125B
300
True or False. Graduate students can have a 2-page resume.
What is True.
300
True or False: Your resume should be as general as possible so it won't limit your job choices.
What is False!
300
Where can a student find more information about a company in order to develop a strong cover letter introduction?
What is Company Website Networking with past/current employees Social Media Attend career fairs, information sessions Online Resources: Vault, Wetfeet, Hoovers
300
True or False. The CTA Purple Line is named from NU's school color.
What is TRUE!
300
How old is Coca-Cola?
What is 122 (founded 1/29/1892)
400
Name one resume content that is unique to graduate students.
What is: dissertation/thesis, publications, teaching assistant, grants received,
400
Within your professional history, the most important elements to highlight is: a. Duties and responsibilities from past jobs b. Skills c. Names of supervisors d. Accomplishments
What is b. Skills & d. Accomplishments!
400
What is the proper way to address your cover letter?
What is: a specific name, Hiring Manager, Internship Coordinator, or Search Committee (to name a few).
400
How many Full-Time Faculty Members are there at NU: a) 1, 980 b) 2,582 c) 3,344 d) 4,190
What is 3,344
400
This number, one of the first 20, uses only one vowel (4 times!)
What is Seventeen.
500
How many full-time graduate (Masters & PhD) students are at Northwestern?
What is 8,000.
500
At what point should high school information be removed?
What is after the second year of college.
500
If a job posting does not request for a cover letter, one should always write one.
What is: not exactly....
500
True or False. Northwestern has sent more people to SNL cast than any other university
What is True!
500
This famous person is/was not from Chicago: a) Harrison Ford b) Walt Disney c) Quincy Jones d) Alex Trebek
Who is: Alex Trebek