For the third Blog Post, I decided to visit the Career Counseling office and schedule a mock interview. I scheduled my interview for the next day to give myself a little time to mentally prepare, although I ended up not really preparing at all. When I arrived, professionally dressed, the woman interviewing me was very sweet and welcoming, and we introduced ourselves and sat down for my “interview”. She informed me that I would be filmed so that I could watch it back and get feedback. This made me a bit more nervous than I was before because I hate seeing and hearing myself on video. She started by asking me easy, more simple questions to break the ice, but as we got further into the interview the questions began to get more difficult to answer. This kind of thing is especially hard for me because I really do not have much experience in any job, and I also just have a really hard time answering questions about myself under pressure. I can’t think of answers to questions like “What are your strengths and weaknesses?” very easily, so I usually need a lot of time to think. In this case, I had no time to contemplate my answers which stressed me out a little bit, but all while this is happening in my head, I am expected to keep completely calm on the exterior. Also, I am not preparing for a specific interview or anything, so the questions she asked were pretty broad and generic. In conclusion, this interview was more difficult than I expected, but I am glad I scheduled it because now I know how to prepare and what to expect for an interview that is real. I know now what kind of questions to think about ahead of time, and maybe that will ease my nerves a little when I actually have an interview. I will most likely schedule another interview before I have a real interview to prepare for, but this time rather than preparing for a specific interview, I was more just trying to get an idea of what I should keep in mind for next time.
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