Story #63
Q: How did you decide on your undergraduate course of study?
A: Interest.
Q: In retrospect, what did you think were the most useful lessons/ skills/ knowledge you'd gained from your undergraduate education?
A: Writing and analytical skills.
Q: How has your undergraduate education influenced your career choice?
A: I wanted a role where I could apply what I learned in school.
Q: Briefly describe your current job scope.
A: Project management. Doing literature reviews in Behavioural insights and think of applications. Conduct interviews as part of ethnographic research. Applying interventions. Running Randomised Controlled Trials.
Q: To what extent is your current job related to your undergraduate course of study?
A: Somewhat related.
Q: What are some additional areas you wish your undergraduate education could have covered?
A: 'Hard' skills like learning how to use data analytics programmes.
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