My Experience Of Interview

The interview process is something we have all gone through in order to get any job. It may not be our dream job but it is a job and we all have to do this process in order to even be able to start working. In Katy Piotrowski’s article “Preparing for the Job Interview: Know Thyself,” she explains everything that you need to know and not know when going to a job interview. Graduating college and having a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Nursing is what I look forward to doing in the next two years. I will be discussing myself applying for a position in the nursing department. Being the right candidate for this RN nursing position in hospice care requires a lot of hard work and dedication, and that is why I am a good candidate for this position.

In the roughly eleven-minute interview with my client, Alex, we discussed her need for case management services. She established her concerns that she wanted to address with me, as well as her current status in education, living arrangements, social supports, along with her history in the same areas. We also began to discuss (informally) the goals that she intends to reach with help of my services and other services she may be referred to. During the process, I learned about Alex’s strength and resilience. I also learned a lot about myself as an interviewer.

When I first found out about this assignment I was a little anxious because I didn 't know whom I would interview or how my request would be received. As I consider my options I thought it would be best to interview someone that could offer me some insight as to what it is like to be an elementary or junior high school counselor, which are the two age groups that I would most like to work with. With this in mind, I decided to interview one of my son 's past guidance counselors. This is a woman that I have admired since the first day that I met her. In talking with her I found her to be a very knowledgeable, caring, and open person. She has been in the helping profession for over twenty years and working as a guidance counselor since 1999.

Experiences that have prepared me for this position are volunteering at the UNC Rex hospital and doing volunteer work at my church. Volunteering at UNC Rex has prepared me because it has helped me manage my time more wisely when it comes to big responsibilities like getting to the hospital on time.

T’s class, I joined journalism thinking that I was born to be a journalist and that it was something I had already mastered. Then came the tripod, a camera, lav mics and of course the interview studio. As I entered the studio for my first video interview, my first task was to find the lights. Wandering through the darkness, with uncertainty looming over every step I took, I tried my best to act as if I was doing something instead of just standing there and being the truly terrified person I was in that moment. We eventually found the lights, but that was only the first step. Step 2 was having to deal with Andy. I thought Andy was there to be my bodyguard, to help me out with the interview and all the tech stuff, but his lunchtime hunger eventually took him. It was just me and my close friend Brighton. Two minutes passed by after Andy left and everything remained the same. Brighton started to grow impatient and wonder why we hadn't started the interview yet. I was waiting for Andy to come back. I couldn't set the interview up by myself. I just couldn’t–especially in front of one of my buddies. What if I broke something or looked like a fool while putting the camera on backwards?, I thought. So, I waited and waited until finally Andy came back. We finished the interview that day and i eventually learned how to set up interviews by myself, but my fear of failure still

I interviewed a psychologist for my second field research. Sharon Epel has been a licensed psychotherapist for 12 years and has been a family and marriage counsellor in her own private practice. She has done extensive work with schools and has been a therapist to a variety of temperaments and personalities. I wanted to understand how she helps people, and what she notices about them in her sessions. I tried to create an informative interview that would benefit me by giving me a look into how people’s brains influence their emotions. I hoped that this interview would give me a solid understanding of introverts and extraverts and their differences.

There are 2.2 million people that are locked up in prison or in jail. 7million are on probation or parole. Taxpayers had paid about 80 billion dollars that are spent on corrections facilities alone. (urban.org). People that are incarcerated are either in for federal crimes like murder or smaller misdemeanor crimes like theft. The correctional systems are based on diversion programs, functions of parole boards, and the effectiveness of treatments and prison services.

My second interview was with a caucasian male, from Tacoma, Washington. He likes video games, has average grades, and is also a sophomore in high school. Many of his opinions were very similar to my first interviewee’s views. He strongly agrees a good classroom environment should be organized, and allow for intense and detailed conversation between peers. He also believes teachers should value each students input, and create plenty of time to work in groups. Great teachers should know and appreciate their subject, and understand where students come from. He thinks teachers should be technologically sound so they can connect with students in today’s time.

As I reflect on my professional growth, I have also come a long way. When I consider where I was at professionally, to where I am at now, my mind goes back to one event specifically; my mock parent teacher conference. This was an assignment given to me in my 2nd semester of coursework at Flagler College. For this assignment, we were expected to explain FCAT scores to the “parents” (professors and other faculty posing as parents) of the student we were given background information on previously. I was nervous after merely hearing about this assignment because I have always struggled with speaking out loud when I am feeling anxious. During that interview, it did not go at all how I planned; I was hysterical. Let it be known, I am not referring to solely hysterically nervous, but to my embarrassment looking back, hysterically nervous on top of hysterically crying. However, although it is a bit embarrassing, I am very thankful I had that experience because after I walked out of that interview, I knew my weak area. I knew I needed to work on in the improvement of my communication skills and from that point on, that’s just what I did. In my most recent practicum experience at Chiles High School, there were two separate occasions where I interacted with the parents of students. On one of those occasions, I was asked to explain an assignment and share student results with the parent. That day, after my advising teacher told me, “I couldn’t have said it better myself”, I left the

If you exceed that time, the questions you haven’t answered will not be graded. Are you ready?” I nodded my head unsure. The questions started and before I knew it, they were telling me thank you and that I was done. I was then taken to a different holding room where I waited for one more person to be interviewed and then I had my group interview. 10 minutes came and went, and I was again back in the interview room. This time they said, “You will have 5 minutes to prepare a presentation and 5 minutes to present it, a prompt is given to you. Do you understand?” We nodded. “Your time starts now.” I quickly turned to my group, read the prompt and starting planning. And in a snap of a finger, we were again back in the holding room. We were done. I was done.

The nervous did not come from asking the questions, but anticipation on whether they couple would give me a well-rounded enough response to the questions. I have been teaching for 3 years, and it is common for a class not to answer questions when asked them. It felt like it would be more awkward for a couple to just silently sit there after I asked a question or not answer a question fully. The only other interview that I have done were to hire people, not to build a rapport and gather information. In classes I learned that there was an art to interviewing and asking questions in order to get the desired response and make clients feel comfortable. This is something that I learned to be true during this experience, and it is a skill that I will need to practice. The number of times that I had to reword a question or said ‘umm’ took away from the interview and did not help me to feel confident in what I was doing. I was also very nervous about sticking to a time limit and getting all of my questions answered during that time

Daniel ~ Thanks for reaching out and sending me an email. I'm appreciative to hear that I did well during the initial interview process. I was sincerely interested in the position and I know I would have been a great fit. The job search process is, as you well know, painful and full of uncertainty. I accepted the offer I did because I wasn't sure what would, or wouldn't, present itself in the future. Your statement below about what we're presented isn't always what's promised couldn't be any more accurate. Although I believe I can be successful where I'm at, I am struggling with the fit. I believe my military background lends me more towards government employment. Prior to your email I had made the decision to explore opportunities

It did not take long at all before I had made so many errors at work and so many trips outside to my dealer 's car that my coworkers started to take notice. I was put suspended from work for three days for leaving my work area too long without telling anyone. I was having a severe panic attack and needed to leave the laboratory immediately. I had actually told one of the phlebotomists in the front of the lab that I would be back shortly instead of telling one of my fellow lab techs, so technically they were right I had failed to tell anyone. When I went to work the following day I was suspended for leaving the work are without telling anyone. I tried to explain my panic attack and the fact that I had kept my medication in my car since my

I believe that body modification, in the form of piercings and tattoos specifically, is a form of differentiating oneself from the crowd. Its a form of expression the not everyone would choose. My mother on the other hand believes that piercings and tattoos don’t do anything for the wearer other than make them look stupid. Despite having her navel pierced before my mother takes these forms of body modification as a “sign of ignorance and wanting to fit in or belong.” Although my mother believes that what one does in their personal life is “their business” her opinion of a seasoned professional with visible tattoos and/or piercings would still still change. When asked to explain her reasoning my mother stated that she

Let me start by telling a short story about someone I know. She spent weeks applying to jobs, and one afternoon, she got a call from her number one choice asking for an interview. While at the interview, she was asked several questions about her prior education and qualifications. The boss was very impressed with what he had heard, and he told her that her interview was the best one he has had in years. At the conclusion of the interview, the boss stood to shake her hand; however, when she stood to return the shake, her crop top that she wore under her blazer was revealed. She never got a call back saying she got the job.