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University offers interviewing tips

David Geigerman is not the kind of person who has trouble carrying on a conversation.

But when he was interviewed for a telemarketing job during his freshman year, Geigerman found that he had nothing to say.

“My cover letter and everything was great, and I write really well,” said Geigerman, a junior business major. “But when I got on the phone … I kind of froze up.”

That day, Geigerman joined the ranks of students who have tripped and stumbled their way through job interviews, a problem UNC career counselors and job interviewers say can be remedied by a little research, rehearsal and r

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