2015 MSOE

What Employers Want to Know About Your Senior Project

On your Resume: 1. Briefly describe the project. What did your group design, or what is the goal of the project?

2. Describe your role in the group. Did you design one specific component of the project? Were you the project manager? 3. Was the project a success? Did you place in any competitions? Was the project implemented by the sponsoring company?

During an Interview: In addition to the above information, consider discussing the following: 1. What have you learned from other courses that help you in this project? (Consider also General Studies and

Business/Management subjects.) 2. Describe the group dynamics?

a) How was the group formed? b) How was the project chosen? c) How were leadership roles assigned or assumed? d) What role did you play in the team effort? e) How did the team keep on task? f) What did you learn about team/group dynamics? 3. What did you learn from this experience that is transferable to success in your career?

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