What Is A Mock Interview Essay

The mock interview was very informative and it was a learning experience for me. This was the first time I had ever done a mock interview. I always had thought that my interview skill were pretty good. But it was not until I went to the mock interview did I realize that my interviewing skills were well below average. The interviewee asked questions that I have heard before interviews and I would answer them accordingly. After each answer she would give me feedback by giving me answers that I should have said instead and if my answer were good she would also let me know.
The prep work did help because it helped me prepared for the real interview that I would be having on October 22nd with a company called Haskell. It was a construction engineering …show more content…
I did not have a solid answer for the questions the interviewee asked me. I would be all over the place. I did not elaborate on the things that needed to be elaborated and I was not specific when answering a question. During the mock interview, the interviewee pretended that she work for the company that I was going to interview with. So she asked me “what do you know about our company and what do you like most”. I answered the question by saying “I do not know a lot about the company other than the company is being a Design-Build”. She said that was a terrible answer to give because before any interview I should have a good knowledge about the company. It is hard to work for a company that you have no knowledge about. I felt like this was the basic of any interview and I should have done a lot more research about the company before I did the mock interview. But I felt fortunate to have the opportunity to do a mock interview before the real interview because I had the chance to prepare and do my research before the real …show more content…
I answered the question by saying “The most important aspect of this job is finishing the work on time”. The interviewee told me that this was not the best answer to give because while it may be true, this is not what most companies are looking to hear. What most companies want to hear is “safety”. The company wants individual who have safety as their first priority. This is the most important aspect for any company and they will seek out candidates who characterized themselves as having safety at their number one priority. They want candidates to say things like “safety is not an option; safety is a standard that everyone must abide