Soundbytes...
When you go into a job interview, typically you have done some preparation: dressed to fit in with the culture of that company, your resume, letters of recommendation, an idea of why you want this job/what makes you qualified, and some preparation as to how you might answer some questions your interview will have for you, as well as questions for the interviewer. You wouldn’t take a job where you didn’t feel you would fit in with the corporate culture—you’d be miserable at a job like that! So you’d want to keep interviewing until you found a good niche.
So about questions…
In this thread, I’d like to invite sisters to offer questions PNMs might expect to hear. I’ll update the list as we get more feedback.
PNM’s, as you go into recruitment, practice how you might answer these questions with crisp, positive complete sentences—that is, create a “soundbyte.” If you were in the Top 10 for the Miss America Pageant, and Dick Clark leaned over to you and said, “Tell me about yourself,” you’d be ready with a big smile on your face and a careful answer.
Recruitment is a weeklong interview. Be prepared!
QUESTIONS TO EXPECT (Practice answering these!)
Tell me about yourself.
How did you choose your major?
What are your hobbies?
What kind of community service have you done?
What prompted you to go through recruitment?
Why are you interested in joining a sorority?
Favorites: music, TV shows, movies, color/s, sports
Do you like to travel? Where have you traveled?
What did you do this summer?
What classes are you taking?
If you're a transfer, why did you transfer?
If you're a freshman, how did you choose this university?
If you're an upperclassman, why did you decide to rush this year?
What kinds of clubs were you involved with in high school?
Do you have any Greeks in your family?
Where are you living?
QUESTIONS TO ASK
Tell me about your new member program.
What is your Big/Little program like? Is there a special Big/Little revealing?
How do sorority members manage to balance school and sorority?
What is your academic program like?
How much of a time commitment is a sorority?
Tell me about your social events. What have some of your favorites been?
What happens during homecoming week? How are the Greeks involved?
What are you looking for in a member?
Tell me about yourself. Why did you join XYZ?
What is your favorite part about being Greek?
What does the sorority do to support your philanthropy?
How can a member get involved with the sorority? How do you get to be a leader?
If there is a sorority house, is it mandatory to live in at some point? When? Are there mandatory meal plans? What are the costs associated with being in a sorority? What are the dues and what do they pay for?
DON'T ASK
Do you know so-and-so in your sorority? (Of course they do!) Instead, say "I know Jane Doe from your sorority. We were camp counselors together this summer at Kamp Krusty. She's told me so much about Greek Life! I was really excited to come here today because she's told me how wonderful her experience has been. What made you choose XYZ?"
Also, don't name-drop too much. You could be BFF with the student body president, but that person may not be on your rusher's good side! If you plan to name drop, stick to women you know in that sorority. If you happen to be the Sig Ep president's baby sis, and someone asks you that, then certainly smile and say yes.
Boyfriends, controversial topics like sex/drugs/religion/alcohol/politics/body odor/etc (You are a LADY. This is a first impression. Just as you wouldn't get into a political debate over the legalities of women's health with someone you just met at a coffee shop, neither would you accost your recruiter by blurting out, "So if I join, I plan to tattoo I LOVE XYZ on my boobs and go over to the fraternity next door and show it off!") Avoid vulgarities or controversy and go into this like you would with making any other friend.... Tattooing your boobs is at least a "5th date" conversation, no?
Above all, LISTEN as your recruiter-sister is talking. Find ways to interject your own questions as part of that conversation and your own personal attributes. you will also be shaking a lot of hands. Practice a firm shake that is neither a death grip, nor a floppy fish. SMILE a lot and appear interested.
Most importantly, if you like the sorority, tell them "I like XYZ!"
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