Challenges are something that makes you stronger, I believe. Last time, just last year, when I took part in a business case competition in my university, I faced a significant challenge. It was that I am from an engineering background and I never had any experience with business case studies. So this was something very new to me. And when I learned that I had to prepare a solution to some problem, I was, I didn’t aware of. It was very challenging for me. First thing I did was I watched a ton of YouTube videos. I consumed a lot of contents from the internet. helped me a lot to gain some expertise on the field but the most help came from one of my university seniors. She was very helpful she showed me the way how it has to be done what needs to be done before the presentation and I also had a fear for public speaking so I also had to overcome that my senior from University also helped me in that she herself took a presentation but and gave me feedback as well that helped me overcome my fear also I also did some practice by myself by talking to the mirror and also I did practice by recording my speech on my phone and checking that again later. This has helped me a lot because it helped me overcome my fear for public speaking and my sheer knowledge for my sheer desire for leadership.
Band 7+: Describe a time when you overcame a challenge. You should say: - What the challenge was - What steps you took to overcome it - Who helped you (if anyone) And explain how you felt after overcoming it.
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Challenges are something that makes you stronger, I believe. Last year, when I took part in a business case competition at my university, I faced a significant challenge. I come from an engineering background and had never had any experience with business case studies. This was something very new to me. When I learned that I had to prepare a solution to a problem I was unaware of, it was very challenging for me. The first thing I did was watch a ton of YouTube videos. I consumed a lot of content from the internet, which helped me gain some expertise in the field. However, the most help came from one of my university seniors. She was very helpful; she showed me how it had to be done and what needed to be done before the presentation. I also had a fear of public speaking, so I had to overcome that as well. My senior helped me with that too; she took a presentation herself and gave me feedback, which helped me overcome my fear. I also practiced by talking to the mirror and recorded my speech on my phone to check it later. This helped me a lot because it allowed me to overcome my fear of public speaking and fueled my desire for leadership.
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