Interviewing Tips
Read through this PDF slideshow to learn how to do well in your interviews. We’ll also cover this in greater detail in class as a group.
Anecdotes
The best interview answers are anecdotes. Anecdotes are real stories that relate your skills and experiences to an interviewer. Memorize 5 to start… they will take you far!
Think of a time you stood in the rain for five hours to get the perfect sunset photo for a website background. That’s an anecdote.
Or, how about the time you searched and searched YouTube for a video tutorial that taught you how to apply a certain photoshop effect? That’s an anecdote.
Most anecdotes should be about your skills and experiences and the job you are applying for.
Helpful advice on Zoom/virtual interviewing
Here are two web pages that offer helpful tips for successfully interviewing virtually. Many of you are already comfortable with Zoom meetings, but I thought this extra interviewing advice was worth sharing.
1. Mastering a Virtual Interview
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mastering-virtual-interview-tips-successful-online-2024-oo18c
2. Zoom Interviewing Tips
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/interviewing/zoom-interview
Remember…
- Always answer honestly.
- Always relate your answers to your ability to do the job they are hiring for.
- Always answer with conviction and enthusiasm.
- Always end each answer and the interview on a positive. If you are ending on a negative, turn it around or change the discussion to end on a positive.
- Always believe that you can do the job you are applying for.
- Always remember that you can only control your part of the interview:
- Yourself (answers, comments, dress, attitude, honesty, professionalism, sense of humor
- Your portfolio presentation (this proves you have the skills to do the job)
- Let the rest be the responsibility of the interviewer, not you. Do not try to take control. You have enough to think about