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I hear people say to not interview at their top choices early on. Looking back, how many interviews did it take till you got an acceptance?
...Well, I had a perfect record on interviews so i dunno how much it helps, but I definitely felt like my interview answers got better as I went. From foot-in-my-mouth BS-ing to actually sounding coherant and somewhat informed. Definitely try to set up a few 'practice-run' interviews.
I found that my interview skills got worse over the season. I feel like I got tired of flying and putting on the happy interview face. I also prepped way more at the beginning of the season.
I suppose my advice would be to schedule your really important interviews after a few but directly after them so that you're still in interview mode. Having a month or so between interviews really puts a damper on your excitement about interviewing, or at least it did to me.
This is one of those things that people over-think. Prepare right with mock interviews and research and you'll be fine.
Since this is a rolling process, it makes sense to schedule your interviews ASAP.
I found that my interview skills got worse over the season. I feel like I got tired of flying and putting on the happy interview face. I also prepped way more at the beginning of the season.
I suppose my advice would be to schedule your really important interviews after a few but directly after them so that you're still in interview mode. Having a month or so between interviews really puts a damper on your excitement about interviewing, or at least it did to me.
I found that my interview skills got worse over the season. I feel like I got tired of flying and putting on the happy interview face. I also prepped way more at the beginning of the season.
I suppose my advice would be to schedule your really important interviews after a few but directly after them so that you're still in interview mode. Having a month or so between interviews really puts a damper on your excitement about interviewing, or at least it did to me.
Edit: For better or worse this was my 15,000th post. Someone pretend to care.
Yup, same thing happened to me. My performance in the first few were very good, but my last one was just terrible. I couldn't even keep focused during the interview and stuttered my way through some answers I've repeated a thousand times
Oops, almost forgot to pretend to care, congrats for 15k
Well, I guess my vote is pretty dang inaccurate.
I interviewed 5 times over the first 2 years I applied without any acceptances.
I ended up getting accepted to the first interview of the season my 3rd time.
Not until my 6th did I get my acceptance. It was a painful journey, to put it mildly.