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Qualifications: I am Enough
How do you answer the interview question about being over-qualified for a job? I believe you answer it with ‘I am enough.’ Learn how I tackled this question and other pieces of advice on interviewing.
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed for a senior student affairs position at a local college. The position fit my experiences, on paper. All of the staff I met with were great. And the work seemed like the kind that would bring me joy.
After the on-campus interview, I even had a follow-up interview with one of the senior academic deans. I felt great and needed that win. Even if I didn’t get offered the position, it won’t be because I didn’t try my best.
And that has been on my mind a lot lately. Especially when I was asked a challenging question during the interview process.
I was asked if I thought I was over-qualified for the job. And in the first moment, I didn’t know how to initially answer.
How would you approach an interviewer who said you were overqualified?
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