Job Interview Questions and Answers for College Students and Recent College Graduates
Question 91: Why are you applying for a job unrelated to your internship experiences?
A good answer to this question is to state that your internship opportunities were not related to the career path you wanted to concentrate on and you took the internships just to get some experience in the field or that you learned from your internship experience that you liked a particular area of your chosen field.
Good answer 1: "There were a limited number of internships and I did not have the luxury of picking and choosing from many internships that matched my areas of interest. I thought it was better for me to get some experience in the field, even if it was in an area of accounting that didn't particularly interest me."
Good answer 2: " I thought I wanted to concentrate my career in tax accounting, but after working for several large CPA firms, I decided that I enjoy auditing much more than I do tax accounting and decided to pursue this particular area of accounting instead."
