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Reflecting on your university experience

Question

How would you evaluate the time you have spent on your degree so far?

Short answer

Give a balanced, reflective assessment. Highlight what you gained (technical skills, projects, people) with concrete examples, acknowledge one thing that fell short and what you did about it, and tie the lessons to the job. Interviewers want self-awareness and a positive, mature attitude rather than either complaints or empty praise.

Adapted from Crack, Heard on the Street, Q5.1.31, p.47; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.

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