Spend Time Preparing Answers and Questions So, you’re preparing for an interview. You already know that you’re going to get asked plenty of questions. You may be spending all of your time preparing answers, but don’t forget to devise questions of your own to ask your interviewer, in return. There are two main reasons for this: 1) to, of course, learn more about the position that you may be potentially accepting soon, and 2) to make it clear that you are interested in learning more about the position, that you’ve been genuinely reflecting on the role, and that you are taking…

No Hard and Fast Rules for Having a Perfect Resume Typically, when someone tells me they’re updating their resume soon and they ask me if I have any tips for them, the short answer is “just put the important info in there and make it look nice!” While those two aspects of a resume are key, here is a bit more of a comprehensive list of things to remember the next time you update your resume. The more info, the better We see plenty of resumes that try to keep job details concise to avoid having too long of a…

Presentation Skills are a Key Component of Success Presentation skills are a key component of success as a Medical Science Liaison. Therefore, the majority of interviews will test your skills in this area by having you deliver a presentation. Sometimes you’ll deliver it to a room with several people and sometimes you’ll deliver the presentation solely to the hiring manager. In either event, there are some key things to remember while doing your next presentation in an interview. Be prepared for all technical difficulties.  This one is self-explanatory. It’s surprising how often technical difficulties end up happening during the presentation.…