Participate in a mock interview.
Participation should include
- preparing for an interview
- researching the job/company
- tailoring interview techniques to a variety of companies
- contacting the company
- anticipating and practicing responses to interview questions (individual, panel, and group interviews)
- preparing questions to ask
- conducting oneself properly during an interview
- ensuring a professional appearance
- arriving on time
- exhibiting courtesy, proper language and grammar, and appropriate body language
- following up in a courteous and timely fashion.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How can researching the company prior to the interview aid a person during the interview?
- How should one prepare for a phone interview? A video interview? A panel interview?
- What part does a job description play in interview preparation?
- How might interview clothing differ from one company to another? How can a person determine what clothing would be appropriate for a particular interview?
- How can body language make or break an interview?
- What are typical questions asked by employers in an interview?
- Why is it important to practice your response to typical interview questions?
- How should you reply to an inappropriate or illegal interview question?
- How does a person modify his or her interview techniques based on the needs of the potential employer?
- How can past work experience help prepare a person for an interview?
- What types of questions should an applicant ask at an interview? What types of questions should an applicant refrain from asking?
- Why is it important to go to an interview alone?