How to handle interview questions about skills you haven’t fully developed yet

By: Keith Spencer, Career Expert with AI resume builder Resume Now

In any job interview, it’s perfectly normal to encounter questions about things you haven’t done before or skills you’ve yet to develop. After all, if we only applied for …

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Engineering Career & Co-op Center Newsletter

March 23, 2026

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By Betsy Davies
Betsy Davies Associate Director of Employer Engagement and Career Advocacy
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Security Engineer Interview Prep (2026 Guide)

Below, we discuss how to prepare for and ace your security engineer interviews.

Verified: K.O. Orias, our security engineer interview course lead (Ex-NASA, Microsoft Security Partner), wrote this guide. K.O. has conducted 100+ cybersecurity interviews.

Security Engineer Interview Process

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Entry-Level Engineering Jobs With AI Skills: Build Experience and Explore Paid Projects

Searching for entry-level engineering jobs but keep seeing “experience required”? Looking for AI jobs for beginners and hitting the same wall?

If “entry-level” still feels hard to break into, you’re not alone. For years, hiring focused heavily on credentials and …

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Anthropic System Design Interview (2026 Guide)

Anthropic’s system design interview tests your ability to architect infrastructure systems framed around AI workloads, but the core problems are classic distributed systems challenges.

The bar is exceptionally high.

Candidates who perform well on every technical round still get rejected, …

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Show, don’t just tell: Building a digital portfolio for non-creative roles

In today’s competitive job market, a static document often isn’t enough to capture the full scope of your potential. While a resume or CV acts as a high-level summary of your history—listing where you worked and what your responsibilities were—a

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OpenAI System Design Interview (2026 Guide)

OpenAI’s system design interview tests whether you can architect full-stack systems at massive scale while demonstrating product intuition and strong collaboration.

Unlike traditional FAANG system design rounds that focus narrowly on backend infrastructure, OpenAI expects you to think across the …

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Template for students sending thank you note to employer after networking meeting or interview

A thank you note is more than just being polite. It is a way to keep the conversation going and show that you were actually paying attention. You should send this within 24 hours of your meeting while the details …

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Networking without feeling fake: How to build genuine connections as a student

By: Keith Spencer, Career Expert with AI resume builder Resume Now

As a college student, you get all kinds of advice to start networking. Alumni events, on-campus conferences, and job fairs are all opportunities that faculty and staff encourage you …

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12 common mistakes students make when applying for internships (and how to avoid them)

Hey there, future go-getters! It’s Anita Jobb here from College Recruiter.

Grab a coffee—or a heavily caffeinated energy drink, I know how finals week gets—and let’s have a real talk.

It’s internship season. I can practically feel the collective anxiety …

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