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Career Services

Interviewing Skills

To have a successful interview, you must consider everything that goes into an interview – it is not just answering questions. Employers consider your answers, your non-verbal communication and how you are dressed. Below is a link to an interview guide that will help you prepare for a successful interview.

Interview guide [.doc]

Increase your job interview skills through a Virtual Job Interview ! The Virtual Job Interview allows you to practice your interviewing skills. It is a simulation of a conversation between you, the “job candidate” and an interviewer. The "job candidate” is asked a typical job interview question by an interviewer in a video clip and is given a choice of responses. Once the “job candidate” makes a selection, another video clip of the interviewer responds accordingly! A wide range of questions and answers is explored until ultimately the “job candidate” is either hired, put on file, or has his or her application torn up on the spot! Practice your interviewing skills today.  Click here to participate in a Virtual Job Interview !

Once you have completed the interview guide and the virtual interview, please feel free to contact our office to schedule a mock interview. Or if you just want to talk further about interviewing, please link to our online Talk to a Career Counselor form and we will get in touch with you.

For further research on interviewing, you can use the following links