Practice Interviewing with StandOut Interview

Overview

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Looking for a job or preparing for your next interview? Build the confidence you need with StandOut®, a powerful interview practice tool featuring real questions from employers and university career centers.

You can gain confidence and enhance your interviewing skills through personalized, AI-guided practice. Select and practice mock interviews from hundreds of occupation choices. Review results on your own or with staff to improve your technique.

StandOut helps you build your interviewing skills by improving your word choice, speech clarity, and style. Receive targeted feedback along the way that helps you identify and focus on specific areas for improvement. With consistent practice, you will gain confidence for interviews and other professional or social settings.

Where to Find This Feature

  • Header bar > Profile icon > My Individual Plans > Employment Plan Profile > StandOut Interviews link

  • Left navigation menu > Quick Menu > My Portfolio > My Individual Plans > Employment Plan Profile > StandOut Interviews tab

  • My Dashboard > Widgets > My Employment Plan widget > Job Applications > StandOut Interviews tab

Steps to Practice Interviews

To yield the best results, the practice interview sessions are best experienced with a web camera.

  1. Select the Search for a StandOut Interview button. Your StandOut session displays in a new tab. Refer to the Help provided on the StandOut site for assistance with this tool.

  2. Complete as many practice interviews as you can to build confidence and improve your responses.

  3. When done, select Log Out from your user name drop-down in the upper right corner of the page, close the tab, and return to the system.

  4. Refresh the Standout Interviews tab by selecting a different tab and then returning to the Standout Interviews tab. The StandOut Practice Interviews section is populated with information about the practice interviews you participated in, in the StandOut Interview system.

  5. To continue where you previously left off, select an Activity link to return to StandOut.

Tips for Success

  • Practice – Learn how to answer succinctly and efficiently. Replay your recordings to see how you present yourself to future employers.

  • Reflect – Track your progress to gain insights into what is working and what you need to improve to achieve the greatest level of success possible.

  • Interview – Use the skills you master with StandOut to project confidence and land the job.