The Mock Interview Program

The Career Services Center offers the Mock Interview Program to assist people in preparing for interview opportunities with prospective employers, undergraduate, and/or graduate school programs. The mock interview gives you the opportunity to practice your current interview skills and to acknowledge your strong and weak areas in the interview process. This program allows for you to improve these weak areas through feedback and critiques from professional personnel within the Career Services Center. Also, you will be able to critique your own performances through videotape. All sessions are videotaped unless requested otherwise.

Registration Process

1) Documents you will need before you register:
* A hardcopy of your resume (Please have your
resume critiqued by the Career Services Center prior
to signing up for a mock interview.)

* A hardcopy of the job description or under/graduate
program description (Note: If you are completing
this for an assignment or general practice, pick a
job title you are interested in and look up a job
description for that title online and print it out.)

2) When you have these documents, you will fill out a registration form, and return the completed form with the attached documents to the Career Cervices Center (C1-34). No ater than two days after the Center receives the form, you will be called to choose an available date and time to appear at the Career Services Center for your mock interview. Then a confirmation with your interview date and time will be emailed to you.

Mock interviews will occur every other Wednesday:
In the Fall 09 Semester:
October 7th
October 21st
November 11th
November 25th
December 9th

In the Spring 10 Semester:
February 3rd
February 17th
March 3rd
March 17th
March 31st
April 14th

Schedule for the Interview

Each person will be scheduled for one hour. Generally, the interview will last 30-45 minutes and the remaining time will be spent discussing your performance and answering your questions. Interviews are recorded and are reviewed at the end to make sure you are presenting your skills, abilities, and professionalism effectively. You do not receive a copy of the interview tape.

The Day of the Interview

Please arrive 10-15 minutes early. Please wear professional attire. If you cannot attend the interview, please call 24 hours in advance on the business day prior to your interview date to cancel. Mock interviews will not be given during finals week.

Important Information

* People will be given a maximum of two mock interviews a
semester unless scheduling permits otherwise.

* You are required to call 24 hours in advance on the
business day prior to your interview date to cancel an
appointment. If not, you forfeit your eligibility to
participate in the mock interview program for the
semester.

* One no call, no show for a mock interview appointment
forfeits your mock interview services for the semester.
Two no calls, no shows for any Career Services Center’s
appointments forfeits your eligibility to participate in the
mock interview program for the semester.

* If the no calls, no shows, and/or late cancellations occur
at the end of the semester, you will be ineligible for mock
interview services the next semester.