Swarthmore Practice Interview Resources
PRACTICE INTERVIEW RESOURCES
● Make an appointment for a Mock Interview with a career counselor via Handshake. Go to Career Center and click on Appointments.
● BigInterview: Practice interview questions from anywhere. Students will need to register through BigInterview’s website. Here’s a guide to help get you started. Log in with your Swarthmore-sponsored email address.
● Join the Mock Interviewing – Swatties Helping Swatties LinkedIn group.
● Glassdoor: Provides organization and position-specific interview tips. Users can access Glassdoor through Handshake. Once logged into Handshake, look under “Career Center” then “Resources” for login info.
Management Consulted
Career Services provides students free access to the Management Consulted platform featuring over 500 practice cases by type and firm, as well as drills in market-sizing, mental math, and more.
Vault Guides to Case Interviews
Through Career Services subscription to Vault, students can gain insights into what to expect from consulting interviews, including interview advice, sample questions, and consulting case strategies.
Mock Case Interview Practice
Students and recent alumni can schedule a mock case interview with an advisor in Career Services. Simply select “Mock Consulting Case Interview” as your appointment type.
Wall Street Prep
Wall Street Prep: provides finance technical and behavioral interview preparation as well as financial modeling.
Vault Guides to Finance Interviews
Through Swarthmore’s subscription to Vault, students can gain insights into what to expect from interviews with financial firms, including interview advice and sample questions.
LeetCode
Swarthmore has partnered with LeetCode to offer a limited number of premium subscriptions for upperclass students who are looking for more in-depth training and practice for technical interviews and are actively in the interview process. Requests are reviewed and fulfilled on a first come first serve basis.
Technical Behavioral Interview Sample Questions
Describe a time when you had to present complex ideas and data to a non-technical audience.
Describe a situation where you had to go beyond routine analysis to find the underlying causes of problems and develop effective solutions
Describe for me your typical participation in a team setting. For what advice or assistance do your fellow engineers or team members turn to you?
Describe the most significant written technical report or presentation that you had to complete.
What do you enjoy most/least about engineering? To what extent has your engineering background required you to be skilled in the analysis of technical reports or information?
What do you see as the most promising emerging technology in your field?