Hi everyone,
I know many of you are graduating and looking for jobs right now. It's a little rough, but I know you can find the job for you. The Biostats department held "mock" interviews for graduating MS and PhD students to get some practice in before starting the job process. While I did not participate (I already had my job at that point), I did get some access to some of the questions they were asking and I thought that most applied to pretty much any of the public health degrees so here goes:

1. Teamwork is a critical part of our work here. Tell me about any experiences you have had working as part of an inter-disciplinary team.
2. Your resume showed that you had a Research Assistant (or Teaching Assistant) position. Describe the research projects you worked on (or classes you taught).
3. What kind of writing experience do you have?
4. I see from your resume that you are working on a master's project. Tell me about it. What is your topic?
5. Are you able to set and meet deadlines?
6. What makes you qualified for this position?
7. Do you prefer to work alone or in teams?
8. What will be the biggest obstacle for you in this position?

These are just a start, but I thought they were good questions that are relevant to our field. When I was going through the process myself I bought a few books, but you end up paging through a bunch of questions that aren't relevant. The other thing I would add that is important here is to understand and learn as much as you can about the company or organization that you are applying for and to come up with some intelligent quesitons of your own!

Good luck to everyone in the job search process - whether it is a summer internship or your "real" job after graduation, I hope you find exactly what you are looking for! Have a good weekend!