Practice Interview Reflection

Over the course of the practice interview, I have learned a lot, through the interview between my partner and I, watching two others interview each other, and the feedback I was given by an observer. To begin with, I learned from my perspective of the practice interview. Moreover, I learned from being both interviewed and the interviewer. For example, I noticed certain things like how I would hold my hands together in a ball just about my lap when interviewing, or how my voice would change to a lower pitch when interviewing. When being interviewed, I noticed that I would stop to think whenever there was a question that I did not have the answer to. Next, I learned ways to improve my interview by observing the other pair. To illustrate, I noticed that the other pair included questions that I would have never thought of. In addition, they included comments and questions to lighten the mood, often humourously. Furthermore, they added questions that would be considered somewhat unorthodox to ask. For example, one of them asked their interviewee what their favourite colour for a reason other than how it looks visually. Lastly, I learned from the feedback I was given by those that were observing the interview. For example, some of the things I learned were that I should connect my questions to make the interview feel more connected, rather than jumping from point to point, through the more liberal use of follow-up questions. Something else I learned from the feedback was to sound less robotic and add more emotion when interviewing. I could correct this by simply adding comments that relate to the answer to sound less monotonous. Thus, this is what I learned during the practice interview.

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