When in an interview, and you are asked a question, how long should you talk for? 5min? 10min? Im just now sure how much detail you should include in your answer. Also don't want to talk too little or too much because i want to make a good impression on my very first interview
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Don't talk for too long. At most, 3-4 minutes to explain the situation and such and say what happened. The interviewers are going to get lost and confused if you go on and on and on. You just need to state all of the pertinent details and that's it. You don't have to go too into detail. What they are looking for is someone with a passion for pharmacy, a compassionate person, and a person with a personality that matches their school. They are not trying to trick you or anything. The answer to these questions should be like a summary or abstract, not the paper itself. Just make sure you also insert some of your personality. While you should never be informal in an interview, adding some personal touches to your answers or chatting with the interviewer at the end shows the interviewer that you are not a robot that has just memorized answers for this interview.
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Enough to answer the question completely, but not so much that you are rambling or moving off topic. A simple question may only require a few sentences. Others will be more complicated or may give you an opportunity to let your interviewers know you better. If you find yourself repeating information or inserting information not prompted by the question, you are probably going to go long. Think about some scenarios and things you would like to say about yourself when you go in the room and plan on being able to insert maybe half of them into your answers - but only the ones that fit. Answer all the questions in a way that lets your interviewers get to know you better. Be complete, but not so thorough that you put your interviewers to sleep and keep them from being able to ask you all the questions that they need to in order to rank you effectively.
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