As a student who attends a business school, I want to be prepared well enough to get a job in a professional setting. Yes, however, I am on the pre-med track, but, getting a job from any field would require one thing: to master the job interview. I went to this workshop to see how I could make myself look impressive during a job interview.
The workshop was led by Kaitlyn Riley and she showed us a PowerPoint and gave us a packet with information on how to dress, answering questions, make a personal pitch, and other methods to use during an interview.
Kaitlyn was very informative and kept us engaged throughout the presentation. She would tell us how she did certain aspects to get ready for the interview and she also had some of us talk about our own experiences. The packet had so much helpful information, from stores to get professional attire, tips to help relieve anxiety, how the interview should flow, vocabulary to use, questions to help prepare, and finally a template to write a thank you letter after the interview.
In the workshop, we also partnered up to have a little mock interview. We started off with a firm handshake and got to know each other better. I wasn’t as nervous as I was before. There were other freshmen around me who was going through the same thing as me. They wanted to learn how to become a better interviewer. At the end of the “interview”, I left with a new friend, so it was nice.
Although I knew most of what I got from the workshop, I wish I attended this during high school. The very first interview I have ever done went by poorly because of my lack of proper professional clothing, terrible answers, and no knowledge of the company I wanted to join. This workshop really would have saved me from the horrible interview and from reliving it again in my memories.
