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Mock Interview Research Paper

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Overall my mock interview went better than I had initially anticipated it would be. The mock interview allowed me to find out about skills I did not know I had as well as skills I need to hone in order to use them to my benefit in interviews in the future. I have had previous experience doing interviews for jobs and scholarships and have even practiced my interviewing skills in high school. I believe it is essential in practicing as much as possible how to do an interview because there will always be a new skill that can be attained and new ways of formalizing an answer to fit the wants of the potential job or opportunity that may arise. It is important to know how to formalize an answer on the spot without sounding unsure of the answer the …show more content…

This would allow me to look like I actually want the job or whatever I am being interviewed for. The most difficult questions for me to answer in a positive manner while connecting it to the purpose of the interview is talking about bad skill I have. I can list off so many yet I have to somehow make them sound positive. This is one thing I was unable to do in my mock interview and need to improve on so much. I remember answering that I am a very indecisive person whom tends to overthink things prior to making decisions which holds me back at times. The interviewer told me to keep my answer the way it is but to morph it in a way to sounds positive and beneficial to the interviewer. The interviewer told me that I could say that my indecisiveness and tendency to overthink things allows me to analyze possibilities and outcomes that may not have been thought of had I just made a quick decision. This was a moment of realization for me because I had never looked at my indecisiveness and overthinking as something convenient. A second thing I need to improve on is not taking long pauses before answering a question. I want to sound sure of what I am saying as well as confident in order to shield any little nervousness I may have. I do not want the interviewer to see me as someone that is unsure but as someone that knows what I am doing and what I

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