Q&A is a way for students to ask career-related questions and receive responses from other students or alumni on Handshake.
Q&A is the most effective format to deliver a personalized and engaging experience at scale — through Q&A, you can network and build relationships with peers outside your school by sharing knowledge, advice, and experiences with one another.
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Accessing Q&A
You can locate Handshake's Q&A via the Student community by clicking the following link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/community_questions
From the community link, you have access to all questions submitted by peers on Handshake.
Use the search bar at the upper-middle of the page to locate topics regarding advice, interviews, job titles, companies, etc.
Click the tab:
- My Questions to access any questions you've asked the community.
- My Answers to access all questions you've responded to.
Posting a Question
To post a question, locate the Ask your own question section, on the right side of the page of the community page.
Start typing your question in the text box, then click the blue button Submit Question when complete!
After your question is submitted, it'll be moderated by our team before it is published to ensure all questions meet our community guidelines.
Click the blue button See My Questions after the question is submitted, or the tab My Questions to review the status of your questions:
- Pending - the question is being reviewed.
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Approved - the question met the guidelines, and was approved.
- Note: you'll receive an email when the question is approved and live on Handshake!
Responding to Question
If you would like to provide insight to a question, and respond with an answer, click directly on the question to open the thread.
Scroll to the bottom and type your answer in the available text box.
Before submitting your response, choose your identity:
- Fully visible: display full name, photo, school, school year and major
- Semi-anonymous: hide full name and photo, but display school, school year and major
Click the blue button Submit once complete!
After your question is submitted, it'll be moderated by our team before it is published to ensure all questions meet our community guidelines.
Click the blue button See My Answers after the question is submitted, or the tab My Answers to review the status of your response:
- Pending - the response is being reviewed.
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Approved - the response met the guidelines, and was approved.
- Note: you'll receive an email when the response is approved and live on Handshake!
Community Guidelines
All questions and answers that are submitted through the Q&A feature are moderated by our team before publication to ensure all questions meet our community guidelines:
- Respect privacy: don't post personal information
- Be constructive: don't ask questions or answers that are unhelpful or unrelated to helping other students advance their careers
- Be honest, but don’t get personal: don't ask questions or submit answers that contain negative comments about individuals
- Be professional: don't post profane, vulgar, discriminatory, hurtful, or illegal content
- Respect confidentiality: don't post information violating intellectual property or confidentiality
- Stay on topic: don't post spam
Privacy Information
Anyone using Handshake will be able to access your published questions or answers on the platform.
Your published questions or answers won't be visible to employers or students as a part of your profile.
Your published questions or answers may appear without your name in Google searches (and other search engines). The information that will be shared is your school year and most recent work experience.