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Be a Cultural Anthropologist

Explore how to approach a job interview like a cultural anthropologist by studying the organization's artifacts, rituals, traditions, language, and behaviors. This lesson helps you gather and interpret cultural data to better understand potential employers and decide which fit your professional values and work style.

What is cultural anthropology? #

Cultural anthropology is the study of human cultures. A cultural anthropologist may visit or live with people in a different culture to learn all about that culture from the inside. Similarities and differences between cultures can be compared and studied. When you’re interviewing with several organizations, you have a chance to do this as well (if only for an hour or two at a time).

Anthropologists study the artifacts, languages, tools, rituals, traditions, and behaviors of a culture. You have an opportunity to do this when you interview. Think of yourself as a scientist ...