What Is The Purpose of a Mock Interview and It’s Prerequisites? | JobSearchTV.com
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Mock interviews are an important part of preparation but you need the right type of person to work with. Let me explain.
Someone wants to know what’s the purpose of a mock interview and what are prerequisites. A mock interview is really a practice interview it’s designed to practice in real conditions what it would be like to interview and you’re never gonna be able to interview at their offices but what you can do is create the kind of stress and pressure that might exist on a real interview so practice helps you get better.
After all great athletes will practice right? Great entertainers all rehearse and most job hunters go on interviews and the first time the words ever come out of their mouth is at the interview and they wonder why they don’t do well. So the goal here is to practice and make your mistakes in advance of the interview.
What’s required? Well, you need someone who knows the material is the ideal thing because you’re not going to be able to fool them with your answer. You see, sometimes when a husband works with a wife or a wife or the husband or two partners get together or a husband and a husband or a wife with a wife, you know what happens is one can BS the other because they’re not experts in the role and even if you give the answer to the question in advance you’re kind of like a kid with flashcards. You know if you’ve had kids, you’re son or daughter, we’re trying simple math problems and trying to convince me. It was very funny.
The idea is you work with someone who knows the material so that they they can’t be fooled and you know them well enough that they can teach you how you present and how you’d be seen in giving the answer because, remember, it’s not just what you say that counts but how do you say it that inspires confidence that you’re the solution for a role. Thus you need to present in a way that inspires that confidence
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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. His work involves career coaching, as well as executive job search coaching, job coaching, and interview coaching. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with over 2300 episodes.
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