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Mock Career Readiness Capstone

Draft a resume, self-practice a group discussion contribution, and prepare STAR-format interview answers -- an integrated self-practice capstone, honestly framed as practice, never a certified or proctored evaluation.

Tracks: Placement & Career Readiness

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Objectives

Draft resume bullet points that follow the action-verb-plus-result structure
Structure a group discussion opening and two follow-up contributions on a topic of your choice
Write three complete STAR-format answers for your own real experiences
Complete the course's practice session and review your topic breakdown

Before you start

Milestones

1. Resume and introduction draft

Write at least 4 resume bullet points and a 30-45 second personal introduction, applying this course's structural checklists.

At least 4 resume bullets, each starting with an action verb and including a concrete result
One personal introduction draft covering who you are, relevant background, and what you're looking for

2. Group discussion self-practice

Pick a topic and write an opening statement plus two follow-up contributions that build on a hypothetical prior speaker's point.

One structured opening statement (claim, reasoning, example)
Two follow-up contributions that explicitly reference and build on a prior point

3. STAR interview answers

Write three complete STAR-format answers for three different real experiences of your own.

Three answers, each with a non-empty Situation, Task, Action, and Result
Each answer describes a different real experience

4. Practice session review

Complete the course's practice session and review your topic breakdown.

One full practice session completed
At least one topic identified for further review, or confirmation that none are weak