Culminating Project

Exit Interview Questions 2007-2008

 

Question number one is required of all students and should be typed into a word document of between 200-500 words.  You will need to bring your typed answer to Question #1 and a clean, unfolded copy of your resume to your Exit Interview.  For the rest of the questions students need to prepare to discuss all of the following questions.  For your exit interview the panel will decide three of the questions for you to answer.

 

  1. This question must be answered by ALL students.  Your response should be link to your High School and Beyond Plan:  Summarize your preparation for your education and career goals.  What further steps must you take to achieve your goals?  Describe how your plans relate to your skills, strengths, interests and values.  Include a realistic financial plan for achieving your goals.

 

  1. Describe an incident where you felt “pushed to the limit” in terms of time and energy to complete a project.  How did you prioritize the items that needed to be done?  What did you learn from that experience?

 

  1. Articulate the goals you have established for yourself and your efforts to accomplish these. Give at least one specific example that demonstrates your work ethic/diligence.

 

  1. Discuss how your family’s experience or cultural history enriched you or presented you with opportunities or challenges in pursuing your educational goals

 

  1. Describe a skill, principle or concept learned in a class that you will use in your future career.

 

  1. If you had the power to do so, what one change would you make in the world?  Why?  How would this make things better for other people?

 

  1. Describe an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.

 

  1. Explain what you have done to make your community (school, neighborhood, city) a better place to live. Give examples of specific projects in which you have been involved over time.

 

  1. What is the most pressing need in your local community?  How would you go about solving it?

 

  1. Explain how technology has improved your education, enhanced your personal abilities and increased your productivity.

 

  1. Explain how you have used technology to solve a problem.

 

  1. What are the two most important things that you have learned about yourself while in high school and what incidences precipitated those learning experiences?

 

  1. What are your dreams of the future? When you look back on your life in thirty years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What people, things, and accomplishments do you need?

 

  1. Describe examples of your leadership experience in which you have significantly influenced others, help resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time. Consider responsibilities to initiatives taken in or out of school.

 

  1. Explain your dream job and why you would be good at it.

 

  1. Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to address this challenge. Include whether you turned to anyone in facing that challenge, the role that person played, and what you learned about yourself.

 

  1. What is your strongest, most unwavering personality trait? Do you maintain strong beliefs or adhere to a philosophy? How would your friends characterize you? What would they write about if they were writing your scholarship essay for you?