So you have sent out your cover letter and resume and have since had a call from the manager who wants to schedule an interview with you. Follow the steps below to help ensure you have a successful interview, which is the next step in your international student internship process. You not only want the internship, but you want to nail it completely.

Be Prepared

Time to prepare yourself for the interview by wearing the appropriate clothing, carrying out some research on the company and start a list of questions that you want to bring to the meeting. Bring your resume to the interview just in case there isn’t a copy on hand the employer might want to refer back to. Practice answering some standard interview questions which you can find online to help you prepare and gain some confidence before you get there.

Make a Good First Impression

The interview is your chance to get out there and market yourself. This is the reason that you sent out the resumes and prepared well for the interview. Once you get to the interview point, you now have the job to create a good first impression by attending to some non-verbal behaviour like shaking hands and keeping eye contact, being prompt and being on time. It is good to appear poised, but you also want to look relaxed throughout the interview. Giving a good first impression will help to set your stage for a successful interview.

Emphasise your accomplishments and skills

Let there be a focus on your achievements and abilities. Mention any volunteer work that may be related or extracurricular activities that will come in handy for the job and any other internships or experiences you have had in the past. Everything is important here from describing your communication skills, organisation, problem-solving, strong analytical, and so on.

Provide the interviewer with some skill examples

A common way of interviewing is called behavioural interviewing. The interviewer will give you a scenario and ask how you would handle a particular situation. Prepare yourself for these types of questions before the interview, which will provide you with a quick reference to any relevant previous experiences. This is where the manager will see what your problem-solving capabilities are and your thought process.

Make sure you comprehend the question before answering 

When your interviewer asks a question, know that it is ok to ask them to repeat the question or clarify what they mean. Avoid rushing ahead and assume you know the right answer. You can work with a student placement service provider to prepare for the interview as well as to find internships. 

Bring in samples of your work with you

Whether you are into studio art, photography or teaching art bring in some samples to your appointment. Managers like to see what you can do visually.

Finish the interview with confidence

The start and end of the interview can be the most important part of the interview. You should always end your interview in confidence. Thank your interviewer for their time and ask when you would expect to hear back about the results.

Follow up with a thank-you note

Take this opportunity to clarify any topics that were discussed in the interview and recap your interest in the internship and organisation. Send a thank-you note to the company and the person who interviewed you.

Now the wait starts to see if you nailed the internship! Sometimes the first one fails, which is why you should have a few interviews up your sleeve. But don’t get discouraged, there will always be other opportunities – you want to make sure the company is a great fit – and that it has great employee benefits. 

Did you know there are so many different museum exhibitions that you probably didn’t even know about in the slightest? From science exhibitions to historic homes there are so many to choose from and all are of a different theme. Next time you think about seeking out a museum or visiting a place of education, think about this list and the information we have provided.

There are many a different museum and exhibition showcase and here are the ones that really stand out:

Art museums:

These are also known as art galleries. This is where art objects like paintings, photography, sculptures, ceramics, drawings and metalwork are put on display through a variety of art services.

Archaeology museums:

This is where archaeological artifacts are put on display. They can exhibit items in a building, or they can be open-air museums.

Historic house museums:

A building or a house that has been converted into a museum for whatever reason but most commonly because something big happened in that house or someone of importance had lived there. The house will often contain the original furniture and there will be a guide that will tell the story of what happened there or who lived there.

Encyclopedic museums:

These are often large institutions that give visitors plenty of information on the different themes global and local. They are not specific or thematically defined.

History museum:

This is a museum that collects artifacts and object that go on to tell a sequential story-line about the locality. The objects can be in the form of artifacts, documents and archaeological findings. They can even be in a historic site or house.

Living history museum:

This is a museum where historic events are held by actors to put a viewer into that time-frame, to show what the event looked like and the type of things that were performed. This is because certain events in history no longer occur so there is no other way to see them.

Maritime museum:

This is reserved for displaying culture, history and archaeology of the maritime. Primarily archaeological maritime museums show artifacts and shipwrecks that have been recovered from water. These museums show and educate the public about the maritime past.

Military and war museums:

Museums that specialize in military history. It is displayed from the point of view of a nation and the conflicts that the country took part in. they collect and put on display military uniforms, weapons, war technology and decorations.

Mobile museum:

This museum has no specific place to display. It could be from a vehicle or go from museum to museum just as guests. This is also the name for the different parts of exhibitions that go to other museums.

Natural history museum:

Here is where you will find objects from nature in the form of pressed plants and stuffed animals. This is to educate people about our natural history, zoology, dinosaurs, evolution, environmental issues, oceanography and anthropology.

Open air museum:

This is an exhibition that is outdoors. Exhibitions consist of buildings that re- create all of the architecture from the past. The first one opened in Scandinavia towards the nearing end of the 19th century.

Pop-up museums:

This type is more non-traditional. They are designed to last only a short time and mainly rely on the visitors to provide the museums with objects while the actual institution will only provide the theme.

Science museums:

These are specialized for science and the history of all science. There only used to be static displays of the objects but now the visitors can actually participate and learn more hands on about the branches of science.

Olafur Eliasson, a Danish-Icelandic artist is bringing ice blocks which have been harvested off the coast of Greenland, to central London. The exhibition is called Ice Watch. It was  first installed in Copenhagen in 2014, then in Paris in 2015. It  consists of pieces of glacier that are left to slowly melt. the purpose is  to make scientific data explicit. The idea is to make visible as to  what on earth is going on. In fact it’s more about  what is going on with our planet.

Outside Tate Modern, twenty-four blocks will be displayed.This is where Eliasson’s survey exhibition will open in July. Six more will be placed outside Bloomberg’s European headquarters and Bloomberg Philanthropies is sponsoring the project. They timed to coincide with a meeting of world leaders at the COP24 climate change conference in Katowice Poland. It follows an alarming study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The panel  gave the grave warning that we have about a 12-year window to stop the worst effects of climate change which affects the entire planet.