The Interview: But you have no On the Job Experience!

Your response must reflect much of the following information.

Please let me explain why I consider myself to be both minimally experienced and qualified.  

"We all understand the power and strength of social networking, but I have employed networking to a single purpose.   If I were employed in the position we are here to discuss, I would be networking with my co-workers, discussing and learning from our experiences – and our failures.  One or more of my contacts would be serving as mentors by answering my questions and offering their experienced opinions.  These network communications provide a truly significant overlap with the real and valid OJT (On the Job) experiences.  The truly great advantage of networking is that you can learn from the failures of others without ever making the same mistakes – and suffering the consequences of failure."

"I have always used social networking to broaden my knowledge and experience - about anything I want to learn more about.  I seek out anyone smarter than I am and anyone with significant and important information.    For example, when I saw my first iPad user I asked how he liked it, what he did not like about it, and how it could be better.  I have decided that the iPad with a folding keyboard was the perfect college student aid. You can type lecture notes, surf the web for information, and photograph the lecturer’s drawings from the board.

I hope you can understand my viewpoint and understand I do not suffer from the normal debilitating consequences of no OJT experience.

I have always sought every opportunity to learn and to advance myself, and I also believe in the concept of lifelong learning."