Don’t Mock me, Mock with me

As part of my pay-it-forward attitude, I will regularly take calls from folks who are interviewing (for a recruitment I am not involved with) and who inquire on tips, preparation strategies and so forth. I value this back and forth, as I was once in that stage/phase of life — and others took my calls and gave me advice. So I give them advice and counsel. A few months back, one such individual wanted to do some mock interview Q&A with me. I gladly obliged, and I believe I gave her some adaptable and tangible concepts to keep top of mind. Lesson here is - mock interviews are a great idea to prepare for an actual interview. Develop some would-be questions, pose them to yourself (or have someone act in this capacity) and process through possible responses. Risks are of course “over” planning and coming across as robotic and monotone in answering the real-time prompts, but as long as those are mitigated - this can be a useful, practical tool…and one I am happy to participate in!