Mock Interview

This past Thursday I had the opportunity to participate in a mock interview with a BYU Alumni.  Going into this interview I really had no idea what to expect and I definitely learned a lot from my time with him.  We first started by going through my resume.  There were a lot of things that he particularly liked, and other stuff that he showed me that I could improve for any employer.   His philosophy about resumes was to have an executive summary at the being of where you wanted to be with your career and have your education and experience to back it up.  He also told me I was a little up tight in the interview and told me to relax and act like I am talking to my mom.  While I don’t think a job interview is like talking to my mom, I think it is a good idea to get a lot of practice job interviewing so that I am comfortable with it when it actually counts. So after hearing all this wonderful advice, what am I going to do? I am going to practice, practice and practice.  I am going to try to take advantage of more mock interviews in the future to become comfortable interviewing with people.  Interviewing is an important skill that I will need throughout my career, and it is worth practicing for.