Practice this and get it down.Īnswers to avoid: Give your oral board a good impression about yourself, but don’t bog down your response with unnecessary, boring details. Your answer will give the oral board a highlight reel of your professional life, but shouldn’t be so long as to bore them with all the details. If that sounds brief, that’s because it should be. Prepare an opening statement in advance that includes a short summary of your career, a summary of your strengths and accomplishments, and why you want to work at that specific department. It’s your chance to make a good impression, so make it count. In any oral board, this will be one of the first questions that is asked.