INTERVIEWING

Interviewing is an essential part of the career development process. Practice Interviews consist of simulated interviews, designed to develop or test the communication skills of the interviewee. The FAU Career Center offers a practice interview service virtually and in person to help you prepare for professional interviews.

INTERVIEWING RESOURCES

 

 

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Self-Paced Virtual Practice Interview

Interview Prep is a free interactive online video-based interview prep tool that uses a webcam to record and practice your interviewing skills. Interview Prep helps prepare you for various scenarios, including initial screenings, behavior-based questioning, and panel interviews. You have the ability to select the type of questions you want to answer, as well as the recording format: audio and video, audio only, or written.

At the conclusion of your practice interview, you can review your responses and save or rerecord them. If you seek additional advice, share your answers with your career coach and discuss other interview techniques.

If you don’t have a webcam, call 561-297-3533 to schedule a time to practice your interviewing skills in the Career Center. Have a webcam? You can conduct an interview right now!

To get Started:

  1. Go to Interview Prep
  2. Click Register and make sure to use your FAU e-mail address when creating your account
  3. Click "Conduct an Interview" and take either a pre-made interview the career center designed for you or customize your own Interview with over 7,000 questions to choose from 

Questions? Check out the Student User Guide or contact the Career Center! 

 

Practice Interviews with a Career Coach

Practice Interviews are conducted by appointment only and should be scheduled at least 48 hours in advance, these can be virtually or in person. Practice interview appointments are 50 minutes in length and simulate an actual interview. The Career Center assists with various interviews such as job, internship, graduate, and professional school interviews. During the Practice Interview, you will answer common interview questions and receive feedback on your responses. After you have scheduled your appointment,  please review the above interviewing resources and please be prepared to e-mail the following documents to your interviewer:

  • Resume and/or cover letter
  • Description of what you’re interviewing for (ex: position advertisement, graduate program, general Practice Interview)
  • Website or any supplemental information provided to you

To schedule an appointment please, login into Handshake, https://fau.joinhandshake.com/appointments/new, and select your campus preference then "Practice Interview". 

 Last Modified 7/12/23