Interview Practice
These interview practice tips can make you a more polished and effective interviewee.
Mock interviews are an excellent way to polish your professional communication skills and build your confidence with interviewing. We encourage you to contact your college’s career services office to schedule a mock interview.
A mock interview is essentially a dress rehearsal for your interview. You will wear interview attire and play the role of interviewee from your initial greeting through the final handshake. Then the career coach/ interviewer will offer a constructive critique of your performance along with suggestions for strengthening content and delivery of your responses. Archer Fellowship Program interviews will have more program-specific questions, but the practice interviewing and overall feedback on your verbal and nonverbal communication will still be very applicable and beneficial.
- Write out talking points and practice your responses aloud
- Record or videotape yourself
- Review what you record and identify areas for improvement
- Take note of any distracting nonverbal behaviors
- Cut excess details and add clarifying information
- Consult a career coach or friend to help you refine your talking points
- Practice your interview several times
- Try to minimize verbal fillers and nervous gestures
- Test different examples and/ or approaches to explaining an idea or experience
Mock interviews are an excellent way to polish your professional communication skills and build your confidence with interviewing. We encourage you to contact your college’s career services office to schedule a mock interview.
A mock interview is essentially a dress rehearsal for your interview. You will wear interview attire and play the role of interviewee from your initial greeting through the final handshake. Then the career coach/ interviewer will offer a constructive critique of your performance along with suggestions for strengthening content and delivery of your responses. Archer Fellowship Program interviews will have more program-specific questions, but the practice interviewing and overall feedback on your verbal and nonverbal communication will still be very applicable and beneficial.
