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Internships are a great way to 
begin networking before you 

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graduate. In addition, they 
allow you to apply your "book" 

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knowledge to real-life 
situations. With an internship, 

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you will have practical
experience in addition

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to your degree.

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Try to make this one education
-- not social -- related.

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The interviewer wants to know
about your decision-making

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process -- so "It was close to
home" might not be the most

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effective answer for you.

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Try to choose courses that are
job-related for the ones you

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liked and ones that are not
job-related for the ones you

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did not like. Avoid saying
that you did not like math,

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even if it may be true.
The interviewer may think that

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you have no aptitude for numbers.

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Paying for part of all of your
education, either through work

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or loans that you are repaying,
shows responsibility. Even if

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you worked "only for spending
money," you helped to finance

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your college education. Figure
up a percentage.

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The interviewer may want to be
reassured that you do not make

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snap decisions.