Practice job interviews
If you want to improve your chances of interview success, then it is important to prepare for success.
Practice job interviews
Practice job interviews are a great way to prepare for job interviews. A practice job interview involves:
- thinking about the interview questions you might be asked
- getting a friend, relative or connection to ask you these questions (and any other questions they think might be relevant)
- verbalising your answers to your friend or relative
How can practice job interviews be useful?
Practice job interviews can be extremely useful as they help you to:
- improve your general interview technique
- think about the way you formulate and verbalise answers
- make mistakes and consider ways to fix them prior to the interview
- increase your overall confidence in interview situations
- gain valuable feedback on your performance
What you can expect to gain from conducting a practice job interview?
- Mistakes! It is always better to make mistakes in practice than in the interview. This gives you time practice ways to overcome these mistakes.
- Knowledge. You will gain knowledge on where you perform well and what areas require improvement.
- Confidence. By eliminating mistakes and practicing answers you will develop vital interview confidence.
Your task
Next time you are invited to a job interview ensure that you undertake a practice job interview and consider whether this was a useful part of your preparation.