Career Success- CDEV 1830

Assignment 4: My Mock Interview

Academic year 2021-2022

Worth 25% of Final Grade

Due Date

This assignment is due by the end of module thirteen.

Purpose

Preparing, practicing and reflecting on interviews will support you in improving your interview skills.

Explanation of tasks

During modules 11, and 12, you worked on a series of activities to help you prepare for interviews including analyzing fit and competence for a role, preparing using the STAR method, common interview questions and interview reflections. Review your work for spelling, grammar ensuring that your ideas are communicated clearly. Upload and submit your completed career profile as a single word document to the Assignment Submission Folder.

Prior to completing the tasks, be sure to review the attached rubrics. My Career Profile

Student Name: Student Number:

List of activities

Module 11- Preparing for the Interview, Preparing using the STAR Method

Job Posting

Enter your posting here (you must use the same job posting as you did from your resume and cover letter assignment).

My Fit and Competence

Next organize the posting details into the chart below. Select one example that demonstrates your understanding of fit and competence, highlight key words and then craft two questions that the employer could ask you.

	Statement From the posting	KEY WORDS	Predicted Question
Fit
Competence

Preparing using the STAR Method

Now that youve predicted some interview questions, take some time to think about how you would answer at least five of those questions.

Use the STAR Method to respond to two of the questions you predicted above. Write the question in the blank and then fill in your response in the table.

First Predicted Question: _______________________________________________________________

Situation/Task
Action
Results
Skills

Second Predicted Question: ______________________________________________________________

Situation/Task
Action
Results
Skills

Module 12: My responses to common interview questions, My Mock Interview, Interview Reflection

Now its time to practice commonly asked interview questions by preparing written responses. You will notice that one question is already selected for you. Select three more questions from the list above OR use the article to craft your questions. Once you have selected your question enter a prepared response.

Use the table to organize your questions and responses.

Commonly Asked Question	My prepared response
1.
2.
3.
4. Do you have questions for us?

My Mock InterviewRecording Instructions

Refer to Module 12: How do I Build my Confidence? Or Assignment 4 for the Bongo Video Link

To complete this activity you must:

1) Select someone to act as interviewer. This person does not need to be in the video; however, the questions they ask you must be clear and audible. They will ask you all of your questions.

2) Answer your interview questions on video.

a. You can either record on your smart phone, webcam, other video recording software, or use Bongo to create and submit your video.

3) Ensure the video length is between 6 and 10 minutes.

4) Ensure the quality of your video submission is clear and audible (for both the questions and the responses).

My Interview Reflection

To practice reflecting on your performance, please watch your video to reflect on your performance and respond to the following questions.

What are your first impressions of your performance?

How did your answer(s) reflect the STAR model?

How did you practice the common interview questions?

In what ways did practicing help you?

How could you improve your responses?

My job is sales manager