Second Interview Analysis

During this section of the session, the client gave me a lot of information on what she was thinking based on the situation with her mother and grandmother’s relationships. She even mentioned, “you don’t want to repeat the same mistakes as your parents.” I think that I should have gone deeper with this. The client seemed to have many feelings behind this statement and this belief that she could not repeat their mistakes. I think this was a missed opportunity for me in which I could have and should have gone deeper with the client. There was a lot to explore there and I think due to my nerves I just moved on to the next idea with her. I think that this would have been a great moment to use silence and allow the client to really reflect and sit with what she was saying about the “lineage of seeking our difficult situations and being a helper.” I also think in hindsight that this would have been a pivotal point in the session and because I missed it, we did not really go deep in our conversation. I also wonder if this would have been a good place to interrupt the client to focus on something.

With my past work experiences as a case manager, I 've had various meetings about what services my clients were going to need and what my involvement was going to be in meeting their needs. This has helped me strengthen my communication skills and I have learned to talk to a variety of different individuals. I especially find myself to have confidence which has also helped me sound relaxed and approachable when meeting someone for the first time. With this in mind I felt positive I was going to do well on my interview reflection assignment for my Introduction to Occupational Therapy class.

Of course, the interview didn't go perfectly. But it was a close match to the one I'd imagined before my first try. When I left this time, I left with the job. Neither my initial failure or the lesson I took from it prompted me to completely snuff out optimism or confidence in my abilities in the future. Rather, by shifting the source of my confidence to preparation for the worst instead of a hopeful expectation of the best, I enabled myself to fulfill my desire for

My second client had more information than my first thus my partner and I were able to research the case beforehand. Going into the interview we were feeling prepared which made a huge difference overall. The client information file had been worded in a way it made it look as if the problem was different from the actual one had but we had researched even that possibility and were prepared with our questions. Our client did not need any prompting, which disappointed me a bit, as I had requested once again to be the one asking the questions. My partner did respect that and she later noted that the questions I had asked had been specific and would help us in our research. I had been anxious to meet my second client, especially after

Nonetheless, I learned several significant things from this experience, mainly how to connect with my client more and establish an efficient helping relationship. Since I was more relaxed this time around, I found talking with the client easier and effortless. Rather than listening to

My first partner was interesting. We both had good but creepy eye contact. This interview gave me an idea on how my responses should sound (what not to say and what to say). This interview gave me a chance to get the fidgeting out and get my hand movements under control. My next interview got a little more serious. He had good answers to all the questions. He asked good questions at the end of the interview. At the end of the trial interview I felt prepared for the official mock interview.

They asked me many questions, first they want to know my personal, and then they gave me several scenarios that related to the job that need my opinions. This is the first job that I applied and I didn’t have any experiences. So most my answers were based on patient centered care because I thought what better for patients was better for the organization. I didn’t ask the interview any question. The interview went well because of my positive impression, and the result of my answers was the profit of the patients and the employer. Moreover, I didn’t discuss my qualification well enough for the job, I was lacked of confident with shaken voice at beginning of the interview. After the interview, I sent a thank you email to the interview to show courtesy toward the interviewer. I got the job after but if I had another chance, I more prepared, did more research about the unit so I should practice good, intelligent questions to ask, as “research each specific position for which you apply. Show that you communicate persuasively, that you present yourself honestly, and that you understand teamwork” (Gurak & Lennon, 2013, p.162). I notice no matter how well or poorly the interview has gone, asking good questions can turn the tide. Asking good questions shows that I am interested and prepared. And the answers to those questions should help me decide whether I want to work for the

The interviewer did very well with reflective listing and using open ended questions. Reflective listening lets the interviewee know that you are listening to what they are saying. Her use of open ended questions kept the conversation flowing. Open ended questions also allow the interviewer to gain more insight into the interviewee’s thought processes. The content of the interview was very good for the interviewer to make the proper referrals.

During my very first interview, I was quite nervous. Although I had mulled over my questions repeatedly and had practiced my questions with my husband, classmates, and in the mirror, I wanted to sound like a competent researcher who was authentically invested in this process. I did not want to misrepresent myself or the university. I giggled as I listened to the recording of the first interview. I kept saying “good!” and “okay…” for a conversation filler, occasionally even when the participant was still talking! During this interview, I quickly realized that my questions were out of order. While I intended to open with “easier,” less personal questions, I found that stalled deep conversations regarding gender barriers in the profession. Therefore, I abandoned my specific conversation order with the two other participants and let the conversation flow more freely. I believe I was stifling the responses and myself by being too rigid. While that rigidity potentially came out of fear

After four interviews, one being over the phone for 30 minutes, the other three in person, the first interview being a pleasant conversation about my skills and background and the other two about my current job and their personal company experience. I left the office exhausted from being asked the same questions. I am not sure if I will ever put myself in such exhausting interview procedures.

Through reflecting on my previous interview I was able to pull apart both positives and negatives aspects of my interview allowing myself time to look into the effects that the negative

The basic structure of the interviewing was used throughout, except in the initiations phase. Rather than being informative, initiation was very prompt and short. Nurse hadn’t asked for the applicant’s comfort, a confidentiality statement was not delivered in this phase, though nurse talked about it after the personal information section was already passed. Also, nurse hadn’t said anything regarding the information like whom she will be submitting the information and what will be the outcome? The

I feel like I was good at listening to my client, and I also felt as if I did a wonderful job of asking open questions, paraphrasing, key word encouragers, and using key word encouragers. Using these skills allowed my client to become more comfortable, and allow them to expand on their current situation. I did a much better job of not smiling when it wasn’t appropriate. I will consider this a strength because, there was this one time were my client was discussing something that made her happy, and I mirrored her by smiling politely. Also I would say that my tone of voice was soothing. Having a soothing voice allowed my client to become comfortable, open up to me more, and most importantly feel like she could talk to me forever. In addition to having a soothing voice, I feel like I had the body language to match. To me my body language seemed very relaxed, and attentive. I believe it was the beginning of the interview where my client was slouched in her chair, and didn’t seem as attentive. The more I showed good body language, she started to get really comfortable. This showed me that I was doing a great job of demonstrating good body language skills. One of the biggest strengths that I brought to role play 2, was being able to complete a perfect summarization of our last session. This skill really allowed me and my client to go into our session really smoothly. It also, allowed my client to know that I heard everything that she was telling me in our last meeting together.

On the Tuesday the 9th of February the Engineering School held a career fair that I was Fortunate to attend. As I prepared for the Fair I tried to keep in mind all the tips we had recently received from Professor Rowe on the how to conduct oneself in an interview. Carnegie in his introductory chapter talks about how the only way to improve is to put into practice the things we learn and continuously reflect on our behavior to see what we did right and fix what we did wrong. For the most part I think that I did well it was just a little unfortunate that most of the companies were not looking for Biomedical Engineers especially ones only

Sequential interview: These are a few meeting thus with an alternate questioner every time. Typically, every questioner makes inquires to test different type of abilities. On the other hand, on the off chance that you are asked the same inquires, simply ensure you answer every one as completely as the past time.