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Tell me about any fundraising or event planning experience you have.

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Use the STAR technique - Situation, Action, Task, Result. Pick a time and tell a story that demonstrates you know the steps involved in creating a successful event. If you have never helped to plan an event before, but you been involved in events on the day of, describe that event(s) and your role(s). 

Do you have any experience communicating professionally with stakeholders either by e-mail or in person?

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Communicating with a stakeholder is a differnet style than communicating with a classmate/friend, or even with a faculty member. They want to see if you have previous experience adopting a more professional tone.

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If you haven't done this in a paid position, have you done this in a volunteer position or for an SFU club (if applicable)? 

Could you tell me about a time when you had to develop partnerships and or new contacts?

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Assessing your relationship management skills. They want to see if you are able to approach new people, or able to establish trust.

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Do you have any experience writing letters to businesses or creating flyers or pamphlets?

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These activities all require different styles of communication to get the same information across.

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If not, talk about which software programs you are familiar with and what you've used them to do.

What can you tell us about some of the events that we hold?

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The employer wants to know if you have done your research and know about the types of events they hold.

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