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Students are encouraged to book an advising appointment for a mock interview to prepare for interviews, but you can also use these questions for self-study. You can book your advising appointment on campusBRIDGE.
You can also partner with a friend and they can ask you a sample question while you answer to practice interviewing.
- Please describe your past work experience. I am particularly interested in learning about experience that may be relevant to this position.
- Tell me about a professional goal you have set for yourself in the past year: what have you done to accomplish this goal?
- Though this position will be part of a team, tell us about your ability to work independently and stay on track while fulfilling project requirements.
- Tell us about one important influence in your work.
- Tell us about how your work comments on or contends with current issues.
- When was the last time you missed a deadline? What were the circumstances? If we asked your supervisor about your ability to complete your assigned tasks, what would they say?
- What graphic design software are you most familiar with? Do you have a sample in your portfolio that you created using this software? Could we see it?
- How comfortable are you taking criticism or direction on your work?
- What current trends are you following? Tell us about how you express this in your work.
- Tell us about a time when you received what you felt was unjust criticism on one of your designs. Could you explain the context and if you accepted or rejected the criticism? What was the outcome?
- How do you plan your designs?
- Tell us about a time when you persevered on a project that was difficult to complete.
- Tell us about a time when you received very little guidance about the desired result of a project.
- Tell us about a time when you learned a new technique. How long ago was that? Have you incorporated that technique into your work?
- Based on the job posting, what aspect of this position interests you the most?
- What experience do you have publicly presenting your work, or presenting your work to people outside of the industry?
- Tell us about a time when you had to negotiate with a client.
- Tell us about a time when your ability to listen had a positive impact on your relationship with a client.
- Tell us about a time when you had to submit work that you were unhappy with. Why were you unhappy with the work? How did you deal with this dissatisfaction?
- How much experience do you have attracting clients or promoting your work?