Be thou prepared

My main take-away from this activity is that when you really want a job, you need to plan ahead. It is a pretty bad idea to just send a generic resume in, and then to wing the interview. To get the job, you need to find out what the interviewers are looking in an employee, to research the organization you are applying with, and to try to anticipate some of the questions that they will be asking. So follow the scout motto, and be thou prepared!

Before our practice interviews I had done a good job of writing out creative and thorough responses for each question. However, that was the extent of my planning. When it came time for the role plays, I fumbled over the first question (which was something like "why should we hire you?"). I learned that it is good to plan what you might respond on paper, but to try it out loud as well.

I enjoyed getting immediate feedback from the others in the group. One thing I learned from this is that it is important to have examples to back your claims up. If you say you are a hard worker, then be prepared to give an example of this. Again, this is something to think about before the interview starts.

All in all, good activity, I learned a lot!