The Group Interview: A Team Sport
You guessed it: Multiple applicants are interviewed at once. (And, typically, by multiple interviewers.) The most important thing to remember here is that other interviewees are not your competition but your colleagues. You won't impress your interviewers by bulldozing the other applicants and dominating the session. Of course, you want to speak up, express your thoughts and opinions, and show leadership—but you must have a team in order to lead. Introduce yourself to your compatriots before you enter the room; try to remember their names and drop those names in when building on something someone else has said or complimenting how they answered a question at the start of your own answer. (You don't have to compliment them but at least know what they've said so that you're adding to it instead of simply repeating it.) Listen to and converse with the other interviewees and the panel. Your interviewers are looking to see your communication and collaboration styles. Some of the questions they'll ask in the group interview are similar to those in a one-on-one, others are more like the MMI prompts that place you in hypothetical ethical or teamwork scenarios.
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You guessed it: Multiple applicants are interviewed at once. (And, typically, by multiple interviewers.) The most important thing to remember here is that other interviewees are not your competition but your colleagues. You won't impress your interviewers by bulldozing the other applicants and dominating the session. Of course, you want to speak up, express your thoughts and opinions, and show leadership—but you must have a team in order to lead. Introduce yourself to your compatriots before you enter the room; try to remember their names and drop those names in when building on something someone else has said or complimenting how they answered a question at the start of your own answer. (You don't have to compliment them but at least know what they've said so that you're adding to it instead of simply repeating it.) Listen to and converse with the other interviewees and the panel. Your interviewers are looking to see your communication and collaboration styles. Some of the questions they'll ask in the group interview are similar to those in a one-on-one, others are more like the MMI prompts that place you in hypothetical ethical or teamwork scenarios.
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