You’re in the final round of job interviews for a corporate communication position at a new tech start-up focusing on wearable devices that track your sleep. You really want the job.

This is the email you received three days ago from the company:
<blockquote>“Congratulations! We’ve enjoyed meeting with you and hearing about your educational background, achievements and work experience. Now, we’d like to bring you in to meet the founder of the company, as well as the vice president of communications.

Since the position would require you to communicate with a variety of people – investors, customers, etc. we’d like to see your communication skills at work. Please prepare a story about yourself.”</blockquote>
You have two ways that you can complete this task <strong>(choose ONLY one)</strong>:
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 	<li><strong>(Recommended)</strong> I encourage you to create a 3-4 minute video of you completing this task. Pretend you are in the job interview, and you’ve just been asked to tell your story. Think about who your audience is in this scenario and what your purpose would be. Your story should be reflective of these goals. It must be true and it must be your story. Don’t use notes. You should speak extemporaneously. <strong>Note: </strong>for instructions of how to create, upload, and share your video, please visit our <a href="https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UBCx+COMM220x+1T2020/491d3f4edf694f158f3559cb0e268a0a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Video Instructions</a> page.  Post the link to your video in the submission text box below.</li>
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<strong>OR</strong>
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 	<li>Create a written email to the founder responding to this prompt. There is no word count; use the amount of words necessary to adequately respond to what’s being asked of you. Don’t worry about email formatting or greetings, etc. Get straight into the story. Think about who your audience is in this scenario and what your purpose would be. Your story should be reflective of these goals. It must be true and it must be your story. Upload your written email as a PDF file in the submission area below.</li>
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Review this <a href="https://courses.edx.org/assets/courseware/v1/951aaf38f1c8f2170a9f9e725a3cb3ba/asset-v1:UBCx+COMM220x+2T2020+type@asset+block/BUS2x-Rubric.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">grading rubric</a> to understand how you will be graded for this assessment.

<em>Please ensure that you have read the assignment instructions carefully and are submitting the correct assignment described in the course outline.  Failure to submit the correct assignment will result in a grade of zero.</em>