Resume - short, business version of your personal inventory; usually includes job objective, education, and work history  

Tips on a resume - be short, be truthful, place the most impressive details first

Portfolio - sample of some of the work that you have done

Canned interview responses - memorized responses with no originality

Inappropriate interview question - doesn't relate to the job and doesn't require an answer

Open-ended question - allows the interviewee to respond in his/her own words

Leading question - leads a person to answer in a certain way

Yes-no question - doesn't give a person much choice for an answer

Ways to express your strengths in an interview  

• Puff ball - a simple open-ended question that lets you elaborate and make yourself look good
• Sparkler - short story about a good thing that you once did
• Pauses - just because the interviewer is quiet doesn't mean you have to be
• Sound bite - short sample of your work in the form of a video or recording

Tips during an interview  

• extend your hand for a strong, confident handshake once you meet the interviewer
• make sure the interviewer knows your name and you know his/her name
• don't be on time, be early
• know exactly what facts about yourself that you would like the interviewer to know
• try to guess possible questions that may be asked beforehand