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<div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">After working hard to choose a school, finally getting a professor, asking for help to write a good essay, and carefully filling out the online application, when I finally breathed a sigh of relief, I suddenly received an interview notice. Everyone should be broken. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">But as long as you prepare in advance, the interview will not only become a stumbling block but will be an accelerator for the final sprint on the application road. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Today we take a look at what to do if we encounter an interview during the application.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Of0sUSj8WozbadBErflrI0PvjWAGdb8jUts_LdG2iLOiJOG4VcWkQlIbJI_5BLELr-6PM1lu9jc0823yB_XaX9KJXuiouaudoQMhKKOm-GrjrvgJwtDjsxGb2kJ5lv7j8VdrMqxUP3Q/s1600/Job-Interview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="679" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Of0sUSj8WozbadBErflrI0PvjWAGdb8jUts_LdG2iLOiJOG4VcWkQlIbJI_5BLELr-6PM1lu9jc0823yB_XaX9KJXuiouaudoQMhKKOm-GrjrvgJwtDjsxGb2kJ5lv7j8VdrMqxUP3Q/s640/Job-Interview.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 2.33333em 0px 1.16667em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">1. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">When will you meet the interview?</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;">Whether it is a doctoral or master application, you may encounter an interview. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">In the past few years, interviews were mainly focused on students with excellent backgrounds who wish to apply for scholarships, but the scope of interviews has become more extensive in the last two years. </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">Even some students who have made it clear that they can study at their own expense will receive an interview notice. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">For example, the admission section of Columbia University's EE major also includes an interview section, and some students who apply for EE masters are also terrified after receiving the interview.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Receiving an interview indicates that the other institution wants to know more about the students. Therefore, the interview usually occurs at the last moment before the other institution makes an admission decision. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Therefore, for the students placed on the Waiting List, the interview is the last chance.</span></span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 2.33333em 0px 1.16667em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">2. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">What is the format of the interview?</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The interview is mainly conducted via video (Skype) or telephone. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Some schools may also request a face-to-face interview. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">For students who are financially and time-rich and well-prepared, actively requesting to go to the United States to meet with interviewers can be a proactive way of offensive.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The interviewer candidates will face is mainly professors (professors who are interested in candidates or professors of the admission committee) or secretaries of the admission committee. </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">The former mainly examines the professional academic ability of the interviewer, and the latter mainly examine the examinee's basic English communication ability.</span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 2.33333em 0px 1.16667em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">3. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">What questions will be asked during the interview?</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The first category: basic questions</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">This type of problem includes self-introduction, understanding of each other's colleges and majors, expectations of their own research and academics, and future planning. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Candidates can prepare in advance for this kind of question, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">but they should not talk about them in general</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Instead of talking about “passion”, “industriousness”, etc., it is better to give concrete and vivid evidence.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The second category: impromptu question and answer</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The interviewer will study the interviewer's CV, PS, or thesis materials before the interview, and will also put forward the points of interest in the interviewer's research during the interview. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">These questions are very changeable, but they always revolve around the materials submitted by candidates, which requires candidates to be highly familiar with their own materials ( </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">students who prepare papers and materials with an intermediary need to pay special attention</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> ).</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The third category: Interviewers ask the interviewer questions</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The interviewer may inadvertently say in the last five minutes of the interview: "Do you have any questions for me?", but candidates cannot miss this opportunity. </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">Candidates can take the initiative to ask questions in this session, but they should never ask detailed questions,</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> such as "Does your school have high requirements for TOEFL and GRE?" "Are there more Chinese people admitted?" In this session, interviewers cannot give up any of them. Opportunities to showcase their own characteristics and strengths, and take the initiative in the form of problems.</span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 2.33333em 0px 1.16667em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">4. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">What are the taboos in the interview?</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>First: Back template</u></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">It is necessary to prepare verbatim manuscripts in advance for the interview, </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">but many students did not notice the switch between spoken and written language when preparing the manuscript</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">, resulting in the whole clause and many difficult to pronounce vocabulary, which will greatly affect the expression during the interview. Efficiency and clarity. </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">Therefore, candidates must prepare written verbatim scripts suitable for oral expression</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>Second: The content is general, without characteristic display</u></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The interviewer selects a student and gives him the opportunity to interview, that is, he is fancy with the characteristics of the student in the application materials, </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">so you must not erase your own characteristics in the interview</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> . </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">"I chose this major because I really love it", "I would like to study at your university because my teacher recommended me so", such expressions should be avoided. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Instead, interviewers should try to show their own characteristics and have a high degree of understanding of each other's institutions and majors.</span></span></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">How to prepare for the interview?</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">1. Prepare verbatim manuscripts of basic questions, paying attention to the accuracy of expression, the pronunciation of words and intonation</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">2. Imagine ten questions that the interviewer might ask about his professional background, and prepare highly professional and personal answers</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">3. Carefully study the characteristics of each other's colleges and projects, refine the professor's research direction, prepare ten questions you want to ask, and make good use of the opportunity of the Jedi to fight back.</span></div>

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Interview articles for undergraduate applications in the United States

<div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em;"> <b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">U.S. interviews are mostly conducted in the form of behavioral-based interviews, while the </span>STAR law<span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> is an efficient answer structure in behavioral interviews.</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5OgZYW1EwXHg2WV-RtDYsY9ragaN0gP4r52ILeJWlGsuoV9QVEJNIKqapgzhcO2DFgIQ__EfGvaRdySlI7UeVpDi7JhY5j33SGzGA1l1WwSeJI1H9x0P8b-Jv2O4zSTzgOADKssmRrw/s1600/Thank+u.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5OgZYW1EwXHg2WV-RtDYsY9ragaN0gP4r52ILeJWlGsuoV9QVEJNIKqapgzhcO2DFgIQ__EfGvaRdySlI7UeVpDi7JhY5j33SGzGA1l1WwSeJI1H9x0P8b-Jv2O4zSTzgOADKssmRrw/s320/Thank+u.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Using the </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">STAR rule</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> can simply and effectively explain the specific work situation and the way to deal with challenges, and stand out in the interview.</span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 2.33333em 0px 1.16667em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">1. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">What is the STAR rule</span></span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Behavioral interview questions mainly ask about the handling or resolution of a specific situation in the past, in order to infer the future performance of the interviewer.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The STAR law is to </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">respond</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> to this past situation (Situation) </span><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">in a structured way of tasks (Task), actual actions (Action), and results (Result)</span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Situation: It is necessary to describe a certain past situation in detail, rather than generalizing it. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">And these situations can come from all aspects, including but not limited to work experience, volunteer activities, and related events.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Task: the goal and direction you set before dealing with this situation or solving this problem. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Similar: How long do you plan to help the team complete the project?</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Action Actual action: </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">the plan, steps, effective contribution of </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">your individual</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> (not others or team) implemented in the solution process, etc.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Result: After your efforts, how is it going? </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Is it resolved? </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">How is the result? </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">What have you learned from it? </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Confidently affirm your labor achievements and give multiple positive results.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXumVJH-UumOueB0TiDBCAqTxhUDWqXHI-LMQnprhnGgx4MEJ7uTjVxR_f2WFr2EqUQDodkva_fk3MmTd4IVWl8uq-Byw4RdgCeBsdiGhutdqYZgKYjWNw6U_xgSBOyKFlDuIuJ-2shc/s1600/Screenshot_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="712" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXumVJH-UumOueB0TiDBCAqTxhUDWqXHI-LMQnprhnGgx4MEJ7uTjVxR_f2WFr2EqUQDodkva_fk3MmTd4IVWl8uq-Byw4RdgCeBsdiGhutdqYZgKYjWNw6U_xgSBOyKFlDuIuJ-2shc/s640/Screenshot_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 2.33333em 0px 1.16667em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">2. How to use STAR rules to answer behavioral interview questions</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">According to the four elements of STAR, you can elaborate one by one.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">for example:</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <i>Situation:</i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> When I was in the third year of college, I was elected as the Vice President of the Professional Program of the Student Union. </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">The responsibilities of this position include identifying speakers for meetings, promoting the plan to the campus community, introducing speakers, and evaluating each plan</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <i>Task: The</i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> reason for the decrease in the number of members of the association is that the number of people who participated in the meeting was small. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Therefore, my goal is to </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">solve the problems in the development and expansion of the association</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> through the implementation of the plan</span><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">, and the number of attendance will increase by 25% over the previous year</span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <i>Action</i><span style="font-weight: 600;"><i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">:</span></span></i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> I formed a team</span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> to help screen topics and speakers. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">In addition, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">I planned a survey and involved every member</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> to determine the members’ professional interests and ideas, and explore possible speakers and topics. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Using the information collected in surveys and interviews, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">I produced a brochure introducing each topic and featured speakers</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Then, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">I randomly selected members for focus group interviews</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">At the same time, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">I learned about consumer psychology in marketing courses</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> to determine the reasons for the drop in the participation rate.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <i>Result: In the</i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> end, the </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">total attendance rate of the</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> association’s activities </span><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">increased by 150% over the previous year, and the effective conversion rate was close to 80%</span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">In fact, "situation, task, action, result" is an enhanced version of the elementary school composition describing the cause, course, and result of events. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">It can be seen that this is the simplest and most straightforward way of expression that people are used to. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Therefore, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 600;">these four elements are indispensable, and the order cannot be exchanged</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Although the interviewer did not ask other elements, it is not impossible to actively mention them. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">After all, we must seize every opportunity to show ourselves.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">In the process of describing the four elements one by one, each element </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">must be given specific details as an explanation</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">, so that the content is true and full, rather than rhetorical.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">In addition, you need </span><span style="font-weight: 600;">to talk more about positive content</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> to highlight your abilities and advantages, because this can affect the admission results. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">But not everything is perfect. If your past experiences or measures have brought negative results, you don’t have to deliberately avoid them. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">You can try to talk about the lessons you learned from it on the other hand, or show the ability to withstand stress in adversity.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;">  the behavioral interview, you can prepare according to the following steps:</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">1. Based on past campus courses, work experience, leadership experience, teamwork experience, and project plans, select prominent events. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">If there are multiple similar situations, you can simply classify them.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">2. Next, recall what happened in the situation and prepare a short description. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Make sure that this description includes the cause, process, and result.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">3. For some unsatisfactory or unsatisfactory experiences, look for the entry point in advance and think about how to reflect your own advantages.</span></div> <div class="ztext-empty-paragraph" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: -0.8em; margin-top: -0.8em;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <figure data-size="normal" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin: 1.4em 0px;"><img class="origin_image zh-lightbox-thumb lazy" data-actualsrc="https://pic4.zhimg.com/v2-d3c5709b0e679579f8fb81f012c27b44_b.jpg" data-caption="" data-lazy-status="ok" data-original="https://pic4.zhimg.com/v2-d3c5709b0e679579f8fb81f012c27b44_r.jpg" data-rawheight="720" data-rawwidth="960" data-size="normal" src="https://pic4.zhimg.com/80/v2-d3c5709b0e679579f8fb81f012c27b44_720w.jpg" style="animation: 0.5s ease-in 0s 1 normal none running fxRichTextFadeIn; background-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" width="960" /></figure><br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Finally, you might as well try to use the STAR rule alone to answer the following common behavioral interview questions to see if you learn to use it.</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; display: table; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin: 1.4em 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="display: table-row; list-style: none;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">l Describe a situation in which you were able to use persuasion to successfully convince someone to see things your way.</span></li> <li style="display: table-row; list-style: none;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Describe a time when you were faced with a stressful situation that demonstrated your coping skills.</span></li> <li style="display: table-row; list-style: none;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Give me a specific example of a time when you used good judgment and logic in solving a problem.</span></li> <li style="display: table-row; list-style: none;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Give me an example of a time when you set a goal and were able to meet or achieve it.</span></li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "PingFang SC", "Microsoft YaHei", "Source Han Sans SC", "Noto Sans CJK SC", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 1.4em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;">Randian College, all-round study abroad planning and training, illuminate the way to go abroad </span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; 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Interview articles for undergraduate applications in the United States

U.S. interviews are mostly conducted in the form of behavioral-based interviews, while the  STAR law  is an efficient answer structure in b...

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The High-Water Mark Learning Culture

<b style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVdcpDfL1gIG2sOJIb2x7unaWaB3GxjcpnpP8ORuZJ4k-RFjE6oya1XmdNjDePkCk03FUfqHl1ChnjzgrB210I405j4BgXou4s4A4EDPgq7SZ9ZR-JOk_RJy-wX8jq2MhOXJnYfXvwRY/s1600/High+water+mark+logo+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVdcpDfL1gIG2sOJIb2x7unaWaB3GxjcpnpP8ORuZJ4k-RFjE6oya1XmdNjDePkCk03FUfqHl1ChnjzgrB210I405j4BgXou4s4A4EDPgq7SZ9ZR-JOk_RJy-wX8jq2MhOXJnYfXvwRY/s1600/High+water+mark+logo+%25283%2529.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></b></div> <br /> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The High-Water Mark Culture is about who we are, what we do, what we believe, and what we plan to achieve. It institutes a common way of life not only for those of us who work here but for all who interact with us.</span></b></div> <b style="font-weight: normal;"> </b><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be the Standard through the Right Culture.</span></b></div> <b style="font-weight: normal;"> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vision</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The core part of our High-Water Mark Culture is our vision … utilizing best practices in education, in partnership with parents, to motivate children to learn and be a global standard in their adult life.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our vision means us:</span></div> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">provide for each child carefully planned and organized learning experiences in line with British, Cambridge and Nigerian curriculum; </span></div> </li> <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">are people and school with high capabilities and commitment;</span></div> </li> <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">encourage the emotional, social, physical, creative and intellectual development of the children, augmenting skills already learned and stimulating new skills; </span></div> </li> <li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">are a reliable partner with a parent in an inclusive approach, enabling every child to progress in all aspects of school life;</span></div> </li> </ul> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Values</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our school is founded on our core values, which set us apart and guide our conduct. We run our institution in a child-centered and ethical manner. We respect the people, support child, right to education, collaborate with all stakeholders in raising children of sound character and knowledge.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Honesty</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We are truthful to others and ourselves. We follow the highest ethical procedure in all our educational services. We walk the talk and hold ourselves accountable for our actions.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Diligence</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We are thorough and industrious in utilizing best practices in children’s training. We are attentive to the views of our colleagues and other stakeholders.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ingenuity</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We look for new opportunities and discoveries to render our services better. We are creative to find solutions to solving unforeseen challenges. Our experience, team spirit, growing in capability, and assiduousness enable us to resolve issues and deliver results.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Diversity</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We create an environment where all staff and children feel valued, learn from, and respect the cultures of everybody. We have inclusive activities that embrace diverse people, ideas, talents, and experiences.</span></div> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Parent-Teacher Partnership</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We value parents’ relationships and develop parent-teacher connections for children’s reading and learning. We share responsibility with parents for educating and socializing children.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Excellence</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We are committed to excel in learning, teaching, and leading in everything we do and we strive to continually improve. We are passionate about school culture that demonstrates the building of educational aspiration and ongoing performance improvement across its community.</span></div> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our Approach</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our approach translates our vision into action. All our resources framework inspires confidence and stands us out among the competition.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Major Approach</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our approach will integrate diverse curricula in ensuring pupil’s excellence: </span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Early Education</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stimulate dynamic and essential experience for children to be aware of the world using integrated National, Early Years Foundation Stage, and Montessori methods.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Key Stage 1</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assessing pupils on external and internal school performance measures.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Key Stage 2</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prepare the pupil for the challenges of the ever-changing world.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Enabling Environment</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Three factors that apply to all parts of the school:</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Invest in people</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to achieve our goals</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leverage on e-learning</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to stimulate pupil learning</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Build an organization's capability</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to deliver quality teaching practice and pupil’s learning outcomes.</span></div> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beneath our approaches and enabling environment are more detailed plans, techniques, and metrics targeted to guide excellence in learning, teaching, and leading elements. The detailed plans are continually undergoing refining against competition and refreshed to achieve a sustainable frontline performance.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> </b>

The High-Water Mark Learning Culture

The High-Water Mark Culture is about who we are, what we do, what we believe, and what we plan to achieve. It institutes a common wa...