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[quote=Anonymous]21:48 here.  I screen by having about 5-7 skype calls prior to matching . We talk about everything - from jobs to school to parents to girlfriends (we host male APs) to being in situations that were hard but the Ap candidate got through, etc, and from that, I can tell who is eager to learn and who is genuinely curious and who really wants to do a good job.  I ask about mentors and whom the candidate seeks as a mentor.  There is good research linking the seeking of a mentor with employment success, so I look for those who have sought out mentors in school, sports, and employment situations.  I ask about their favorite bosses and those they didn't like and why as well as teachers and professors they liked and why.  I am looking for them to be the kind of people who like the hard teacher, who appreciate the strict boss, who appreciate getting feedback to make them good at their studies or their jobs.  And for the curiosity thing, you just see that when the first two "prepared" interviews are over and you're just chatting. That is when you get the real person coming through.  Someone who has already researched our town and found 2 APs on FB who live in our town and have questions about the city nearby us will be interesting to me.  Someone who has to be told to google our town will probably be someone who needs more guidance than I want to give.[/quote]

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