Interests or Languages?
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:41 pm
I have some unique interests and I also know a foreign language. However, I only really have room for one in my resume. Any suggestions as to which one I should use?
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Agreed. You could smuggle in a unique language into an interest anyway (e.g. "Norwegian-language literature" or something)GoneSouth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:10 pmI think interests are better to list. They almost always provide subjects for conversation during the interview. Foreign language skills are almost never going to be needed during a clerkship, and unless it’s a really unique language, they’re probably not going to come up in the interview either.
I'd probably be interested in why Pete Buttigieg had abandoned his post to apply for a clerkship under a pen name.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:57 pmAgreed. You could smuggle in a unique language into an interest anyway (e.g. "Norwegian-language literature" or something)GoneSouth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:10 pmI think interests are better to list. They almost always provide subjects for conversation during the interview. Foreign language skills are almost never going to be needed during a clerkship, and unless it’s a really unique language, they’re probably not going to come up in the interview either.
I chuckledjackshunger wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:25 pmI'd probably be interested in why Pete Buttigieg had abandoned his post to apply for a clerkship under a pen name.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:57 pmAgreed. You could smuggle in a unique language into an interest anyway (e.g. "Norwegian-language literature" or something)GoneSouth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:10 pmI think interests are better to list. They almost always provide subjects for conversation during the interview. Foreign language skills are almost never going to be needed during a clerkship, and unless it’s a really unique language, they’re probably not going to come up in the interview either.