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[quote=Anonymous]For those of you who might find $250 prohibitive, you can probably do this yourself. Sit your kid down at the kitchen table and do a mock interview. Ask some tough questions. Like, "what do you want to do with your life" and "are you comfortable with diversity?" Help DC develop some ready answers with examples. Google some college interview questions.

(Note that most interviewers won't expect your kid to have his life planned out, but he will need to be articulate about his interests and how he's been looking at a range of possible careers.)

As staff at a government agency, I used to participate in "murder boards" for senior government officials, to help the officials prepare to testify to Congress. We'd ask all the really tough questions, the official would respond calmly and factually, and we'd discuss the best ways to respond. (BTW, this doesn't mean these senior government officials were a "bad fit" for testifying about their issues, just that testifying under pressure is a learned skill.)

Signed, Harvard loser[/quote]

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