These past couple of weeks, guest speakers were invited to prepare us for real life interviews. They taught us how to dress appropriately, the most common questions asked during an interview, what to expect, the appropriate way to sit, and much more. This week however, many more guest speakers were invited, not to particularly teach us about interviews, but to interview us as we would for an actual job. The guest speakers were given a list of what we thought were the most common questions asked by interviewers and used that as guidance. Luckily, the class was able to prepare themselves with more than enough time. Thanks to this, most of us felt more confident about ourselves. However on my side, I was still scared that I was going to mess up or not be well prepared enough to answer a question and get stuck. All the students were given instructions to dress as we were going into a real interview , bring resumes, and of course, be prepared!
In my opinion, all of the Price Scholars that attended class that day gave it their all, looked great, and did an outstanding job. There was no one that didn't seem prepared or like they were nervous. Very casual. No pressure seemed to devour anyone, smiles were visible in everyones face, everything was great. Then it came down for the interviews to begin. Oh lord!
Personally, I wasn't as nervous as I thought I was going to be. I shook my interviewers hand firmly and made direct eye contact, I made sure I maintained that direct eye contact throughout the entire time, no fidgeting whatsoever, and I was well prepared for the questions. The only question I believe I wasn't prepared for was: "Why should I hire you?" This question was totally unexpected! Inside me I panicked but made sure not to show it. There was no way I could get out of it! One thing I learned from previous classes were things you can say to give you a bit more time. For example: "I have never thought about that before", "That's a very good question", or "I'm so glad you asked that question." So that is what I did. That way it at least helped me think a bit more of the best way to answer the question and making more sense.
Overall, I am glad that we did this activity because there are a lot of people who haven't gone to a REAL interview. They don't know the pressure that overcomes people at times, or what to expect. And with this, I feel that it helped students grow and learn that this is simple and that the more you practice, the better you will get, the less stressed out you will be which will make the person much more confident. And at the end, there will be better results.
It was unbelievable to hear that there were students not attending class simply because "they were tired" or because it was "dumb" to do this. They thought there was no point. Well they are wrong! I know for a fact there isn't one single person that attended class that thought this was pointless. Those peoples actions seem unfair. Especially to me due to the fact that a week before class, I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy. How do they think I felt? Like it was nothing and like I wasn't in pain nor tired?! Well they should guess again because I do everything for my baby which means stay up late to either do homework or to take care of him. It isn't easy. I hardly sleep and you don't see me missing class nor not turning in my assignments. So these people had no real excuse to not attend class. It isn't fair for me, it isn't fair to the other students, nor to the instructors, and it especially wasn't fair to the guest speakers. These students that missed class simply do not know of a great opportunity that they missed.
However, overall the interviews were a great success! Thank you so much for this great opportunity Leslie and Sandy, my instructors, for this great chance to learn more and grow from it.
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