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And a final word ..

Catherine learned from the unhappy experience of this interview that much care is needed in writing the letter of application. When she wrote hers she was thinking only of pointing up her strengths and getting an interview - and these are of course both important. She overlooked the fact that at the interview she might be asked to produce clear and convincing evidence in support of her claims In future before she says that a job she did offered her good learning opportunities she will think about possible answers to the question what exactly did you learn? If she claims to learn rapidly, or to interact easily with people from vary varied backgrounds, she will think ahead to awkward questions likehow do you know ? what evidence have you for saying this ?