If you’ve landed an interview for a college internship you’re halfway there. There’s still some work to be done to ensure that you are fully prepared to ace the face-to-face test. For starters, it bears repeating that you should dress appropriately for a business meeting and arrive in plenty of time for your meeting. Your cell phone should be out of mind, and hopefully, out of your pocket for the time being. Bring along a resume to leave behind as a reminder of who you are and what you can offer. There are just a few other things to brush up on before the big day:

1. Check out the company and its history. You’ll also want to know something about their product or service and how they stack up against their competition. Hopefully the fact that you’ve done your homework will come out in the interview. If so, you will come off as not only knowledgeable, but interested and fully engaged in the opportunity to spend some time within the company while you are on break from college.

2. Be a good listener. Although the purpose of the interview is to show the kind of person you are and what you are capable of, let the interviewer take the lead and be ready to respond when called upon. Questions will come your way and it’s perfectly fine to pause to collect your thoughts before you speak. Once you start, make sure that you stay on track and completely answer the question.

3. Be ready to explain why you’ve made some of the decisions that you have thus far in college. As a prospective intern, rather than a job seeker with experience in the field, the questions asked of you are somewhat limited. Your interviewer will be looking for what you are capable of instead of what you’ve already accomplished. “What guided your decision to declare your major?” “What have you learned about yourself so far on your way to your college degree?” You get the idea.

4. Bring along a copy of a completed project or paper to use as reference. Engaging conversations are memorable, but if you add another element to the mix it tends to stand out. Use the project as an example of a team effort you felt good about or an outcome that confirmed your preliminary concept. You get the idea.

A thank-you note soon after the interview is over is a must. It can be via email if your original correspondence with the interviewer was done that way. A hand-written or typed letter via snail mail can’t go wrong either. You want to express your gratitude for the time spent and ask to be considered for the internship. The more you get out there and go through this process, the more confident you’ll be.

Julie Clark Robinson writes for a wide variety of publications. Her many interests include online degree programs and online college graduate programs.