{"id":5788,"date":"2016-05-18T09:08:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T09:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/?p=5788"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:14:53","slug":"test-drive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/test-drive-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Test drive an Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever sat down and thought about exactly why interviews are so intimidating and so nerve-racking? Well we have, and here at the SPC<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/Allstate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Allstate Campus<\/a> we\u2019ve reached the conclusion that it\u2019s because there\u2019s so much room for error. And there\u2019s too much at stake. You spend all night looking for the perfect outfit and going over the company\u2019s history, just to walk in the next morning and freeze up. Once the nerves kick in and your train of thought is lost, before you know it the interview is over and you\u2019re leaving without a job. Of course, we don\u2019t want that to happen so we\u2019re here to tell you about this little concept called a \u201cmock interview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Mock Interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Allstate Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Wednesday, May 25th\u00a0at <\/strong><strong>11:45 am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since interviewing is a skill that has to be learned, you must spend time practicing this skill with the right tips and techniques. Mock interviews are simply used for training purposes allowing the interviewee to test his or her current skills and perfect their technique. It is designed to resemble a real interview and provide experience for the candidate.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Listed below are some benefits from participating in a mock interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It helps reduce stress and anxiety before interviewing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It helps boost your confidence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Provides constructive feedback in a low-stress environment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Helps you prepare for behavioral-based interview questions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mock interviews are sort of like a \u201ctest drive.\u201d It gives you the opportunity to test out your interview skills with someone who\u2019s not evaluating you for an actual job. The mock interview facilitator is a qualified interviewer and will give you feedback on your responses. This exercise can help job candidates clarify responses to challenging questions and allow you to improve in areas that may throw you off-guard. In order to make a great impression on a prospective employer, you want to have the ability to make these necessary changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/04\/Mock-Interview.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5789 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/04\/Mock-Interview-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mock-Interview\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/04\/Mock-Interview-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/04\/Mock-Interview-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/04\/Mock-Interview.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Generally mock interviews are offered by a career coach through a local workforce service or career services for students.\u00a0 Our overall goal is to guarantee that interviewees will have confidence in their skills, to ensure that they\u2019ll perform better in an actual interview.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Dee Mortellaro,\u00a0 Career Outreach Specialist,\u00a0 (727) 614 -7019.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/careerservices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career Services <\/a>for more events and\u00a0follow us on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23careerspc&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#careerspc <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23spcintern&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#spcintern<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever sat down and thought about exactly why interviews are so intimidating and so nerve-racking? Well we have, and here at the SPC Allstate Campus we\u2019ve reached the conclusion that it\u2019s because there\u2019s so much room for error. And there\u2019s too much at stake. You spend all night looking for the perfect outfit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/test-drive-interview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Test drive an Interview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":5790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4],"coauthors":[26],"class_list":["post-5788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-career-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Test drive an Interview - Careers &amp; Internships<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/test-drive-interview\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Test drive an Interview - Careers &amp; Internships\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you ever sat down and thought about exactly why interviews are so intimidating and so nerve-racking? 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