#175 Mastering College Admissions Interviews for Better Results with Alison Slater Transcript

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Does your team freeze up when put on the spot? With college admissions becoming increasingly competitive, mastering the interview process could give your team the edge they need at selective schools. Today’s guest knows firsthand what admissions officers are looking for. After 15 years working in admissions at a selective college, Allison Slater now specializes in preparing students for these crucial 20 to 30 minute conversations that could tip the scales in their favor, while essays might be read in just one to two minutes. Interviews create lasting impressions and provide your teen with an advocate in the room. When admission decisions are made, but without proper preparation, students often miss valuable opportunities to highlight their unique strengths and experiences in our conversation, Allison shares exactly when interview preparation should start. Which schools typically offer interviews and practical strategies to help your teen shine authentically. Even better, these same interview skills transfer directly to scholarship applications, internship opportunities and future job interviews if you’re worried about your teen presenting their very best self when it matters most, this episode offers actionable advice to build their confidence and communication skills. I’m Lisa marker Robbins, and I want to welcome you to College and Career Clarity a flourish coaching production. Let’s dive right in to a great conversation. Allison Slater, welcome to the show. It is a pleasure to have you.

 

Alison Slater 02:02

Thanks so much. I’m happy to be here

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  02:04

so you have spent you well. You had spent years in admissions, left for a hot second and missed teenagers. Not everybody says

 

Alison Slater  02:17

that. Yeah, I spent 15 years in college, college admission at a selective school, and I took a job in a higher ed adjacent company, and it was a great experience for a couple of years. But really, the students were the thing I missed the most.

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  02:31

I love that I I have said that I’ve worked with students since 91 and I always tell people like I just can’t get away from them. I love teenagers, and some people think we’re crazy. Yeah, that’s okay. So you now do interview prep. How did you like we have a lot of college counselors on this show. We have people from admissions at the universities and colleges. We have people on scholarships. Why did you decide you wanted to be an interview prep expert, and you know, we’re going to give people lots of tips around interviews. We’re not here to, you know, sell anything. We’re just here to give good information. But why did you select this as kind of your niche expertise? Because you were in admission? Do you have a lot to offer?

 

Alison Slater  03:22

Yeah, I do know a lot about admission in general, but when I was thinking about how to get back to working with students, I wanted to bring something to the table that was useful. And I don’t know anyone else who specializes in the interviews, I always kind of joke and say students spend so much time preparing their essays, and those are really important, but they are read in a minute or two at each institution, whereas when you get the opportunity to interview, you’re spending sometimes 20 or 30 minutes, one on one with somebody, and if you’re not preparing in advance, you’re just sort of winging it. It can be a missed opportunity. A lot of those students arrive nervous or even just unprepared, and it feels like a first draft. They leave thinking, Oh, if only I had said this or next time I would say that. So I think preparing students in advance gives them more confidence. It also exposes them to those typical questions, so that they can come in just knowing a little bit more about what they want to say about themselves.

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  04:19

It’s interesting you you kind of referenced like a first you said it feel can feel like you don’t want your interview to feel like the first draft of your college essay, of your personal statement, or your why us, or your why this major essay, those are the most popular I would say. I love how you put that. And I also think the work you do probably even supports writing better essays. We’ve had a lot of episodes on essays, not a ton on interviews. I mean, would you say that these both like they kind of both benefit each other? Probably,

 

Alison Slater  04:51

right. Yeah. Interview prep is a combination of preparing the skills that you need to interview, which are skills anyone can actually. Improve on those things, and you will always have an opportunity to interview, if not for college admission, for scholarships or jobs or internships. Those opportunities are going to come, but working on those skills, as well as doing the self reflection to be able to speak about your experiences eloquently and with a little bit more depth than you might just sort of at the top of your head. You know you

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  05:21

said, when you said, those are skills right away, because in my launch Career Clarity, course, I’m always talking about like, Yeah, I mean, you’ve got to have technical skills and you’ve got to learn the things. But really what we’re seeing is a major shift right now and employability being towards the softer skills, the human skills, and my guess is those are the same ones that are going to help a college applicant to shine in an interview process. Right?

 

Alison Slater  05:50

Absolutely. And to some degree, it’s just the practice itself that will make you more comfortable in those scenarios. I work with students to identify some of their core values so that they can then speak to their experiences through those values. And I know a lot of you know counselors are working with their students on the same types of things for their essays and their applications in general, they also will build what I call a personal elevator pitch. It’s not a totally unique concept, but it’s the idea of being able to really succinctly give the highlights of who you are and what you bring to the table. And on occasion, they might use that as is, but in a lot of cases, they use it as an outline for what they don’t want to miss in each interview. They want to make sure they cover those three or four bullet points throughout the conversation. Yeah,

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  06:37

I love that. I there’s so much we’ve we’ve never met before today, but as you’re talking, I’m like, oh, we need to hang out more, because there’s so much overlap, even between the career advising and development work that we’re doing with high school and college students and recent graduates. Where that elevator pitch, yes, but we we work on our first step in getting Career Clarity is to get deep self awareness. And a huge part of that is what are, besides, like my strengths and my aptitudes and a lot of that will show up on a college application elsewhere, but it is my values, and a value could be a deal breaker between, like, one path and another path, or so, yeah, we do this, like, really fun drag and drop exercise that we’ve developed on, you know, on a platform. But getting really clear, I always say, No, your top five values? Yep, do, do you have a certain number that you identify? Or I asked students

 

Alison Slater  07:41

to go for three to five. And what’s interesting, I did this exercise myself, and what I found was they ended up kind of being in clusters, like I feel really strongly about fairness, but also equity and also truth, and they kind of all fell into the same family for me. And there were a couple places where there were sort of handfuls of values that I could identify with one overarching term. So yeah, three to five, I think, is enough, especially at this age. They may evolve as students get older, but they can speak to their prior experiences that, why did you spend so much time with this activity, or why are you involved in in this particular thing? Why is this so important to you, they also can speak to their aspirations in that way, and that absolutely is related to the work that you’re doing when they’re thinking about majors and careers.

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  08:28

So when you’re as an you used to be the interviewer. You just mentioned some of those. Those were questions I assume that you would possibly ask in a college interview situation, I don’t

 

Alison Slater  08:42

know that I ever asked explicitly, what are your values? I think that would be tough. I meant

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  08:46

like, the values would support the answers of like, why did you spend so much time? You know, you seem really dedicated to exactly doing this.

 

Alison Slater  08:55

If I were to ask a student, you know, what’s your proudest accomplishment? It’s one of my favorite questions, and most students can answer off the top of their head, but sometimes the answer just feels fine. And I think that’s kind of a low bar. If they’ve thought in advance, they can often explain more of the why behind that, because they have, even if they don’t explicitly come out and say, I do this because I am this quality, it might not be that explicit, but it’s it’s in there. It’s baked into the way they’re speaking about something more eloquently with a little bit more depth. I think it makes it easier for someone to relate to them. And for me, the bottom line of an interview is it’s an opportunity for you to gain an advocate in this process, whether that’s admission, scholarship, selection, you know, hiring you for a job, whatever it is, if you your name comes up in that conversation, and you’ve brought to the table an advocate, because you really connected, and they’re like, oh my gosh, I love this candidate because of whatever they discussed, that’s huge. So

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  09:54

let me ask you this, because the school, I know where you work, but the school that you are. Dad, they offered interviews. Did they was it anybody could sign up like how? Because, let’s talk about, I think a lot of kids, a lot of teenagers, a lot of their parents think that. Some of them think they’re going to have an opportunity to interview at every university or college that they applied to. Not true, nope. Some think that there’s no opportunity for this. Some think that they will always be asked to interview. Yeah, and we know that sometimes it’s up to the student at some universities to pursue the opportunity to do so like, so talk through like, how these opportunities present themselves? I there’s kind of, like, there’s obviously schools that don’t do any interviews for admissions. Okay, we’ve got and that, a lot of that is just, like, huge universities, and we got that. But what would you say the other buckets are? Of the people who there’s might be, might or there definitely is an opportunity.

 

Alison Slater  10:59

Yeah, I think there’s a lot of different flavors of college interviews. It really just depends. So I worked at a small liberal arts school. They tend to offer interviews a lot of those places, I think mostly smaller schools and selective schools are the ones who are most likely to offer interviews. That is not a hard and fast rule, it just depends. I was surprised to learn recently that William and Mary offers interviews, and they’re a medium sized school, so there’s a lot of opportunities out there. What I encourage students to do is, early on, just do a quick search and see is an interview available at the schools you’re looking at. You can use AI in this instance, and say, you know, which of the Ivy League schools offers interviews, or what style of interviews are offered at Big 10 schools, or, you know, get some of those details pulled together for you. But at some places, you’re going to have to actively sign up for this. At some places, they will be by invitation only, and some schools do a combination of both. They may reach out to you if they feel like you’re a pretty strong candidate and you haven’t yet had that opportunity. A lot of schools will offer interviews on campus, sometimes off campus, either at your high school or at a local coffee shop or something along those lines. I always loved a hotel lobby with a Starbucks in it, or something like that, because it’s that sort of neutral ground. It really depends. And then some schools are only using their alums for interviews. They have a little bit of a different vibe, because you’re not working with an admission professional. But when it comes down to it, every school will tell you an interview is an interview. Whatever they offer is an acceptable option, and in I don’t think any circumstance would you need to do more than one for the same institution

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  12:34

there. So I’ve seen students get a missed opportunity, which always, like, breaks my heart for kids, but the missed opportunity of schools that they don’t send anything out, it’s just kind of on their website, and you have to seek it out and it it. I’ve seen some of them come really early, like sometimes even before you have the application deadline Sure, right to go ahead and grab a time. How would you advise students to handle that? Like, should they reach out to admission? Should they just poke around on the website so that they don’t miss any opportunities? And what is, what is kind of the earliest that they should be prepared to do an interview?

 

Alison Slater  13:20

I think you can find in almost any instance this information on the website. If you’re not finding it, maybe that’s the time when you want to reach out and say, Hey, do you even offer interviews? I couldn’t find that online schools are starting to offer these opportunities as early as the second half of junior year, because if they are offering an on campus opportunity, and maybe that junior spring break is the time when you visit. You don’t want to miss that chance. I do think there are a lot of other opportunities too, if you do miss that chance or you didn’t know it was an option, a summer virtual interview or a second visit a bit later on, is an option for a lot of students. I encourage them to start their preparation in their junior year, because I think most interviews happen over the summer, whether that’s a summer campus visit or something that they’re doing online, there will definitely be some opportunities in the fall of senior year as well, especially as the admission officers hit the road and they get out there and meet students where they are, and most places will Say their deadline is around their application deadline. So usually their rd deadline in January or February. It’s,

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  14:27

it’s so interesting to me that, you know, families often are thinking, oh yeah, fall of the senior year, we’re, we’re going to be applying. And as an interview prep coach, you know you’re saying, like, no, no, no, we need to do work on the prep, the packaging of that, the practicing of that, like in the junior year and in summer, yeah, yeah, or summer. But like, if you really wanted to be ahead of the like, the most proactive person would probably do this during the junior year. Yeah, and then I just had a guest on. We were talking about scholar private scholarships, which is completely different than school based scholarships award. And she was saying, You really, I’ve got she was a recent guest, but she was citing some scholarships that have deadlines by December of the junior year.

 

Alison Slater  15:21

Wow, those are the students who are really on top of things. Yeah, and

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  15:25

it was, and that’s why I had another scholarship expert I had on said, you know, there are awards for kids that are in junior high. So as just this theme of being proactive and really just having a plan, right? It’s almost like project management. It is project management, but just having a plan. You know that episode, yeah, because it’s our May 5 or may 6 episode on the scholarships that some of the awards are very early. But her point was, you actually should start working on your personal statement as well in the junior year, because that that essay can then help double for that particular large award. And then, like, you start the essay, and you start the interview prep, like it all just kind of works together to support a well prepared student. Yeah, the self

 

Alison Slater  16:24

reflection that you’re doing is very similar. You are thinking explicitly about why you’ve done certain things and what you want to convey to colleges. And I don’t want anyone to feel nervous like, oh gosh, I’ve missed the chance to prepare for this. You can continue to interview, oftentimes into that senior year. But if you are already thinking ahead, if you are a junior now, this is the time, yeah,

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  16:48

so Okay, when somebody is prepping for interviews, like, what does that process? What do you suggest that process look like for a student to be well prepared so that when they get I love how you put that an essay is going to be read very quickly, a minute spent work reading your personal statement that you spent months writing sadly, sad but true. We both know it. I mean,

 

Alison Slater  17:13

hopefully it’s gotten to the point where it can be digested quickly. Yes,

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  17:17

absolutely. But this is like a 25 minute essay opportunity, 30 minute essay opportunity, like, that’s amazing. So if a student wants to really shine during that 30 minutes, what are your suggestions? How do they get ready? Yeah,

 

Alison Slater  17:35

this is something students can do on their own, but I think it’s really helpful to work with somebody, whether that’s a parent, a friend, a teacher, a mentor or a professional, because you can review typical questions, and I encourage students to practice questions out loud. It’s it’s different. It helps you with your timing. It helps you get a sense of whether you’re circular. You’re kind of, you know, repeating yourself, as opposed to just saying, Oh yeah, I know what I would say that

 

18:00

feels weird, right?

 

Alison Slater  18:02

Yeah, nobody else has to hear that in the shower. Yeah, you’re just wanting to sort of talk through I mean, I take these tips myself. I literally practice some of my typical questions last night in order to prepare for this podcast, because I know what I want to say, having practiced it a little bit. Yeah, so looking at typical questions, thinking about, what are your values? Because for me, the bottom line is, interviews are about why? So your application requires a lot of factual information, whether that’s your mom’s email address or the grade you got in English sophomore year, there’s mostly just facts, and both the essay and the interview are the opportunities for you to really go into why something has happened and why you’re passionate about the things that are important to you. So those are the things that you should be thinking about as you’re preparing. I think a mock interview can be incredibly helpful for students, especially if they have the opportunity to speak with somebody who doesn’t know them yet, who doesn’t have any preconceived notions. It gives them that chance to do a trial run, do a first draft so that that next interview feels a little bit more comfortable. I

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  19:12

was recently helping a friend, an adult friend, get her resume freshened up because she’s looking for a new opportunity, and it was funny, she sent over her initial draft that I gave her, actually, I gave her the template we use in the course, because a resume, really it looks the same whether you’re in high school, college, looking for an internship, or you’re 40 years old, 50 years old, looking for a new job. And so I’d given her our template that we use in the course, and she filled some stuff in, and I said, I’m happy to look at it for you. And then I said, Hey, you totally forgot some of the really great technical skills that you have, because I know what she does. I you know, I know the systems and what she does for a living. And I’m like, Hey, silly, you. You forgot some stuff, and I added them in, and I’m like, these are systems and systems knowledge that are very valuable to employers. She a, doesn’t do hiring, so she doesn’t, she’s, doesn’t have her finger on that pulse. But B, like, she’s so close to herself, and she’s just like, Well, yeah, I mean, that skill is not a big deal. But as a career coach, I’m like, Oh, that’s a big deal. So I like the idea of whether it is your parent or a mentor, a teacher, whomever going over all this with you, because they will be able to remind you of things that you maybe just take as, like, not a big deal about yourself or you forget. So bringing somebody else in is fantastic.

 

Alison Slater  20:47

Yeah, I talked with a student recently, and I said, Why don’t you send me? He was a senior who had already applied to colleges, why don’t you send me your activities page from the common app. That way I’ll get a sense of what you’re involved in before we do our more formal meeting. And he had listed like, two or three things, but in our conversation, he spoke often about his job, and I said, I know you’ve already been admitted to college, and this is moot at this point, but going forward for scholarship interviews and any other interviews you’re doing, your job is a huge time commitment, and there’s a lot of transferable skills there. Hopefully that’s something he will speak more about in the future.

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  21:21

Well, you bring up a good point, like, if we’re doing this work right now, you know you’re you are working specifically with teenagers who are applying to college, who are going to interview for for college interviews. Yep, I’m working with 15 to 25 year olds all stages. But the reality is whether you have a college interview, one college interview, or an interview for a scholarship, because, you know, that’s another way that these come up. As you were talking, I was thinking about a student I worked with who was applying to Ohio State, got into Ohio State, but then in February, was invited to a competitive scholarship interview. Another student that I was working with in February was invited to a competitive business scholarship, and after they were already admitted. So you’ve got lots of interviews in your future, and this is an opportunity to continue to develop and improve, and you’re just going to get more comfortable and you’re going to get better at this, right?

 

Alison Slater  22:19

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So I work with students who are preparing for college admission, grad school admission and scholarships specifically. But even if you don’t interview for any of those things, you will absolutely interview. And oftentimes sooner than you think, if you want to be an RA or have an internship, even while you’re still in college, these opportunities will come up. And certainly, as you’re getting ready to graduate from college, you’re going to be out there doing lots of interviews. But these skills are transferable.

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  22:46

I want do you have any tips around how to dress we talk I talk about like, Hey, if you get invited in our course. We talk about like, if you get an invited in for an informational interview, a job shadow, an internship, whatever it might be. We talk about dress. Those are typically in person opportunities that I’m supporting. You know, what’s zoom dress, what’s in person? Dress, yeah, What expectations do you have when you were in in the colleges on the other side of the desk, right?

 

Alison Slater  23:16

So for adults, this answer is different when you’re looking for professional jobs, but when you’re doing an admission interview, I think there’s a balance. Especially if you’re going to go take a campus tour, don’t be the kid who shows up in the three piece suit or the three inch stilettos. You’re not going to be very comfortable, and you’re not going to be then, you know, sharing the best version of yourself. So I think for me, the best definition is just one step up from what you wear to school. So if you’re a t shirt guy, maybe you go with the Polo. If you’re normally in jeans, maybe you put on, you know, black pants or khakis, just stepping it up a little bit more than anything. For yourself, dress for success is real, and you actually will feel a little bit more professional and feel like you prepared intentionally if you step up a little bit. But you do have to take the rest of the context into account. And when you’re on Zoom, I think what you wear is is going to help your attitude in that sort of dress for success kind of way. But more than anything, you want to be aware of what else is around you. I have my bookcases behind me because that’s the best visual for me when I’m on Zoom. But being aware of if you’re in your bedroom, is your bed behind you unmade, or are there other people in the room who are, if not on camera, just distracting you in ways that you’re not making good eye contact as much as you can make zoom eye contact. Is there a cat walking across between you and your

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  24:37

oh my gosh, that’s happened to me so many times with students, especially early

 

Alison Slater  24:42

in COVID, that was kind of a funny like reality that everyone could relate to. But I think in a professional setting, or in a semi professional setting, you can close the door and keep those distractions outside the door for the half hour that you’re in your interview, and it will only help you to focus a little bit more well. I

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  24:59

mean, these are training. Verbal skills forever, because, like you and I were talking, I was like, Oh, hold on. I gotta get my phone turned off. I mean, I turned off my ringer, I put my phone on airplane mode, I take it off of Wi Fi so that nothing can get through. And then I was telling you that, and you’re like, oh, I have mine down, yep. So it doesn’t do anything, you know, we both went through a tech I always, like, shut down and restart my computer go do a tech check. So, yeah, like, be it’s so it’s everything from how you’re going to answer the interviews that what you look like to, you know, mitigating any kind of tech issues. If it’s on Zoom, right? Yeah.

 

Alison Slater  25:40

I think one of the biggest things that preparation does for students is give them the confidence to just show up as themselves, instead of feeling like they have to say what the colleges want to hear or anything they really are looking for authenticity. And in a time when we all know AI is a part of the conversation, especially with students writing, and I happen to be a fan of using AI in the right ways when you’re when you’re writing. I think that this is a truly authentic moment where you’re actually meeting with someone one on one. You can’t fake this. And so colleges are really starting to lean into interviews these days.

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  26:16

Yeah, you bring up AI we just had. I’m trying to really quickly here look at what episode number it was. We just had a podcast episode. It really was with the appropriate use of AI with college essays, but I think it’s a great episode for everybody. I use AI every day, and I mean, AI will write our show notes, right? It’ll listen to our interview, and it’ll help us, but we still have to do some stuff with it. But yeah, episode 170 AI and college essays, I think it also is even helpful in this, in preparing for interviews. So yeah, this has

 

Alison Slater  26:52

been fantastic. You can ask AI What are typical college interview questions, and yeah, right there,

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  26:56

yeah, and then give them to the parent or the friend or the person who can give you the feedback like you’re forgetting this great thing about yourself, absolutely, you’re on, you’re uncomfortable, and kids, you’re going to get more comfortable the more that you do this, you’re going to you should be nervous the first time, right?

 

Alison Slater  27:13

Yeah, you’re literally a subject expert when the subject is you. It’s not that you don’t know the answers. It’s just taking the time to be a little bit more thoughtful about them and make sure that you don’t miss some of those important things that you want to talk

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  27:27

about. Have you ever had final question? Have you ever had a student when you were working in admissions for whom the interview completely blew it for them and they became inadmissible, and it totally changed your mind on the student, yes,

 

Alison Slater  27:45

but probably not in the way you’re thinking. I do always tell students that, you know, sometimes people say, Oh, an interview can’t hurt you. Absolutely it can. Typically, you have to work at that. You have to be actively rude or something for this to really be held against you. The example I have was a student who came in sat down and said, I don’t want to be here. I’m not interested in this college. It’s not what I want. My mom made me come here because it’s her alma mater. So we did an instant flip and had a very different conversation, where I was able to get a sense of what he was interested in and just give him some general advice, and I kept his confidence when I spoke to his mom at the end of the interview, but absolutely that note made it into his file, and I think we did him a favor by not admitting him. Then it was moot, and there was no conflict at home, because he didn’t want to be there. We didn’t want to admit students who didn’t want to be there. We had plenty of other candidates who did. So I haven’t had anybody be so rude or so inappropriate that it was the deal breaker. But what I think happens for most students is the interview is just fine. It’s just one more thing. And you know it, it goes into the big picture, but it doesn’t necessarily sway one way or the other. The students who are sort of on the bubble, and there’s more than you think. There may be a handful of rock stars and a handful of candidates who aren’t qualified, but most students, at least at selective schools, fall in the middle where they are qualified, but there’s more than enough qualified candidates. How do we decide who stands out? And sometimes there’s someone at the table, and oftentimes committees are still literal tables with people around them raising hands and sharing stories. Somebody at the table can say, well, I know this student. I met her, and here’s what I learned. That’s huge in a sea of students who may start to look the same academically, I love that. So

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  29:29

it you have to really try hard for it to ruin your opportunity, sure, but it can sway to a harder somebody to advocate for you, for a strong Yes, for the students who are like, you’re good you you meet our academic admission requirements, but so do multitudes of others. So

 

Alison Slater  29:50

yeah, beating those bare minimums or even meeting with last year’s standards are not a guarantee of admission, especially not at a selective place where there. Are more than enough qualified candidates, so any way that you can stand out is helpful. I don’t love this term, but admission, we often talk about having a hook. You know, you’re a star athlete, or you’re connected to an alum, or whatever it may be. There’s lots of different things. Most students come to the table without those hooks, but you can create that kind of connection for yourself and find an advocate who has a vote in this process by having a strong interview and leaving an impression. I love it. This has

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  30:24

been great. And you gave lots of stuff that people can DIY it if they want, but we will also have listeners who are looking for the type of support that you’re giving. So if anybody wants to learn more or stay in touch, Allison, how would they do that?

 

Alison Slater  30:38

I will give you all this details for your show notes. My My website is interview prep llc.com My email is Allison with 1l at interview prep llc.com and students who sign up for any services booked by July 15 of this year can use the code clarity 2025 for 10% off. That’s

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  31:00

fantastic. Thanks, Allison. This was a lot of fun and so insightful. Thanks

 

31:05

so much for having me. I appreciate

 

Lisa Marker Robbins  31:12

I hope today’s conversation with Allison has given you practical insights to help your team prepare for college admissions interviews. Remember, these skills extend far beyond the college application process and will serve your student in scholarships, internships and future careers. If you found this episode helpful, be sure to download Allison’s complimentary list of practice interview questions. The link is in our show notes at flourish coaching co.com forward slash 175 these questions will give your teen a head start in preparing authentic, thoughtful responses that showcase their unique qualities. And don’t forget, subscribe to College and Career Clarity wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode full of actionable advice to help your teen navigate future planning with confidence until next time, I’m Lisa Marco Robbins reminding you that with the right preparation and support your team can have a successful post graduation launch. You.