Social Work Internship Mock Interview
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Question 14 of 30
What experience do you have working with our target population?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewer asks this question to see if you have experience working with the organization's target population. They ask to determine how much training you might need to understand the people you will be working with. If you have experience working with the population they serve, the interviewer may feel that you are a better candidate than others for the internship.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Focus on describing any past work you have done with the population the organization serves. Even if you were not paid to work with this group of people and worked in a volunteer capacity, the interviewer wants to hear of any related experience. If you do not have experience working with the organization's target population, explain how you do not have experience but are excited to learn all you can during your internship.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Avoid saying you have experience with the organization's target population if you do not. The interviewer will review your resume and talk to previous employers, and you do not want to appear dishonest.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"I have seven years of experience working with your target population. I have volunteered for the last seven years with the Special Olympics and learned a lot about working with people with special needs and disabilities. I have also been a special education teacher's aid for the past three years and am very comfortable working with children ages five to eighteen."
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