Interview Impressions - Travis Gengler

After consulting with the members of my group, I found that there were several things I could have paid attention to or do in an interview that had never considered. First, the importance of body language in setting the tone of your interview. I never paid much attention to the fact that I could convey a significant message with how I gesticulate or make eye contact. An unfortunate side effect of this is that I found myself being very self conscious about how I moved throughout the entire interview! However, it is advice that I am thankful for.

Another takeaway I found useful was to never shy away from bringing up pertinent school experience. I had always been under the assumption that a professional position always required professional experience, however, it is always worth mentioning any academic experience that truly can be applied to the job.

All in all, I found it extremely useful to be able to practice interviewing in a low stress, constructive environment.